You've raised one of the issues that has bubbled to the surface in the last little while, namely having adequate labour in place.
I don't think it's any secret that agriculture producers use a lot of labour, some of it through temporary foreign workers programs. The systems that have been in place for the agricultural sector have been in place for almost 50 or 60 years now and are working very well. I think we're confident of the system that's been set up for that.
What we're encouraging government to look at is immigration policy, accepting refugees and things like that, to ensure that there is an adequate supply of workers coming in. I think there is a fairly strong demand for low-skilled workers. I think what we're seeing is that a number of Canadians going through the education system are attaining higher levels of education, and there's not a pool of people for some of the low-skilled jobs. I think we have to look at the labour needs. They can't be looked at in isolation of immigration policy. We have to take a look at how we build for the future and make sure that we have those workers.
This isn't only true for supplying the domestic market. I've heard a number of value-added processors talking about getting access to some of the new markets that are opening up, and if they don't have an adequate supply of labour, they won't be able to fill those markets.
There has been some improvement on labour mobility between the provinces. In another life I was a journeyman and practised as a steam fitter. I had a licence and worked across Canada. Having recognition for apprenticeships and trades, and things like that, and making sure there's provincial acceptance all the way across the board is critical, especially when we have a country where more and more people travel from one section of the country to another to work. Labour mobility is an issue, as well as having access to a large pool of workers.