That is an excellent question. Thanks for noting that we were able to bring 10 associations together. Actually, we're now up to 11 associations.
This is a very important topic. In regard to the challenge in our industry, you're asking about a request to increase the cap to 30%. I just want to make clear that the position we've taken with our colleagues running other food processing associations is to put a temporary emergency program in place over an 18-month period. The idea there is to have emergency measures to help us address the labour gap we're facing in the food manufacturing industry. Our objective is to address the immediate short-term issue we're facing, but we know we need to develop medium- to long-term solutions at the same time.
Through the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and Food and Beverage Canada, we're all working together on a two-year project to develop a labour strategy for the food sector in Canada.
I know that's also something that fits into the government's priorities, so we're very much focused on looking at other solutions and increasing the pool of available labourers from Canada. I could expand on this if you're interested in—