Well, it will be in two ways. Number one, we're not looking at these changes in isolation. We have a total vision for immigration. Because of the huge backlog and the impact it's having, we're having to develop a number of workarounds to meet the needs of industry and to meet our other obligations. One of the things we've done is to expand the temporary foreign worker program rather considerably. We welcomed some 130,000 temporary foreign workers last year. We're recruiting foreign students because they contribute $4 billion to our economy, and by getting credentials here, they have the skills we want, so they can stay here.
So we're going to be making it easier for both those groups to apply for permanent residence from within the country, without having to go home and wait six years to think about coming back here. That's a new program called the Canadian experience class that we'll be launching next summer.
So we're doing a number of things to try to meet the needs of industry. Let's face it, if foreign students have Canadian credentials, why send them away? Let's keep them here. They go to school, get to know the town, meet someone, fall in love, and want to settle. Let's keep that talent here. Meanwhile, let's keep whittling down the backlog. Let's improve our processes. Once we get through the oldest of the files, each application on average will take less time. We'll be able to accelerate. With more people on the job doing it better and faster, we will eventually be able to process all applications faster and get everyone here in a timely and internationally competitive way.