Thank you.
Thank you very much for the answer. I appreciate that.
We're talking to the tune of somewhere in the neighbourhood of 200 to 300 individuals when I'm talking about this locally. I'm trying to look at it from a hundred thousand feet, but locally, as an example, these are 200 to 300 individuals in order to save a hundred million dollars' worth of the economy, of commerce and trade.
I really think we need to focus very strongly not only on how we can save jobs, create jobs and create the economy, but on these people, who in my opinion need to be deemed essential. I used to work in the United States myself. I had an L-1A visa for years. There are about 8,000 to 10,000 visas out there that are being affected. It's very serious, and we need to hit it with a really big baseball bat.
Thank you, Mr. Chair, for indulging me with this time.