Absolutely, yes. The Atlantic immigration pilot was a regional pilot project to figure out what skills were needed in different regions or different parts of Atlantic Canada and to fill those with immigration applications. The idea is to expand that to the entire rest of Canada.
I travel to southern Ontario often and chat with local chambers of commerce there as well. I think it's important to keep in mind, too, that in some areas or some local communities it's not only about the skills challenge: it's also about just finding labour, period.
I hear from a lot of business owners who say that they will train people but are having difficulty just attracting people to their communities in order to be able to employ them, so on top of the Atlantic immigration pilot, we're also talking about the temporary foreign worker program and getting better labour market information on the ground too, so that the matching can be done in a better way. We're also talking about looking at the ability to transfer high-wage jobs and at “trusted employers”, who would then be able to choose workers through the temporary foreign worker program if they are designated as trusted employers.