Yes, thank you.
We need to recognize that there are not enough Canadians willing to fill these jobs, so the first thing we need to recognize is that we need foreign workers. That's a really important acknowledgement to make.
We need to bring in workers in different ways. We need to increase economic immigration. We need to increase the temporary foreign worker program. We need to bring in more of these workers quickly in a more cost-effective way and with a higher cap.
I've heard the challenge, especially for small companies, of the cost of bringing in foreign workers. We need to address that, as well. I hear it's about $1,000, so I think that's something to look at.
As well, I'll go back to Mr. Barlow's comments at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture yesterday. I was pleased to see your interest there in putting forward a private member's bill on waiving the labour market impact assessment, because it just needs to be understood that if companies can hire someone down the street, they will. It is a lot easier. It is a lot more cost-effective. You need to trust that companies can't hire domestically, so we do need the support to bring these folks in.
A final point is that the steps the Liberal government is taking are very good, but we need more resources toward them so they're done much more quickly, as well as a few additional things I mentioned.
Thank you.