Thank you, Mr. Chair. As a new member of the committee, I look forward to working with you and all colleagues around the table.
My question goes to the chamber, first of all.
Mr. Stratton, in your brief you mentioned the Atlantic immigration pilot. I'm not from Atlantic Canada. I'm a member of Parliament from London, Ontario. In our city, and indeed throughout the southwestern Ontario region, we are challenged by skills shortages. It's very common for me to hear business owners tell me that this is a main problem that they are faced with. Your brief calls for expanding the pilot so that it can—I'm quoting directly from it now—“fill labour force needs” throughout Canada. I wonder if you could expand on that for us.