Thank you very much, Mr. Vice-Chair.
First I want to say a huge thank you to all of our presenters today. It was super-informative and very moving. Thank you so much.
My first question is for Mr. Everson.
In my riding of Davenport, I have a number of workers in the construction field—carpenters, painters, the whole field. Many of them are here on a temporary sort of work visa. I find your comments about the number of businesses worried about their ability to source workers so that they're holding back on spending a bit worrisome. We also know, and my colleague has pointed this out, that we have workers across the country; we have a sufficient number of unemployed people, whether it's in Saskatchewan, Alberta, or Newfoundland; and we have a number of workers in our aboriginal communities who would love to find wonderful, paying jobs.
You also talked a little bit about the temporary foreign worker program. I will tell you that if I talk to the workers who are on temporary work visas in my riding, they will say they would love a path to citizenship. They would love to be here as full-time Canadians and would love a path to that.
My question to you is in two parts. One, what recommendations would you have for the federal government in immigration policy as well as mobility policy across the country, moving people from where we have workers with probably some good skills to where there are jobs?