Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm going to ask Mr. Forbes a very brief question related to immigration.
Processing plants in the agri-food sector are facing such a severe labour shortage that they are considering eliminating some shifts because they do not have enough employees. These plants process food, but with the aim of exporting it to combat global food insecurity.
Are you having talks with the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship? Here, we have asked the minister twice to come and meet with us.
At the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, could accommodations be made to ease the process and allow foreign workers to enter the country quickly?
The companies have done the necessary work. We are just waiting for the paperwork.