The agri-food pilot was put into effect last year. I just recently asked for an update of data on the way it has been performing. I have yet to receive it, so I don't have any data on how it's rolling out.
The commitment was 2,700 new opportunities for permanent residency for agri-food workers, mainly focused on the meat sector.
The criteria are still very high. They include a level 4 for English. We know that many TFWs come into the country who perhaps haven't attained that facility in language. As far as I know, the program is not accompanied by any opportunities to strengthen language skills.
It is also not enough, quite frankly. We've heard the numbers—30,000, 65,000.... You know, 2,700 a year is an important start, but it's not even close to being—to address your second point, Mr. MacGregor—what needs to be a real pillar of the solution to the crisis facing the sector; that, taken together with significant substantive investments in activating and developing domestic labour markets that are in keeping with the trajectory we are seeing with the use of temporary foreign workers.