Certainly in the case of the lobster sector, I would say absolutely yes. It's a missed opportunity. It's a tremendously valuable industry worth well over a billion dollars. Productivity is at an all-time high in the industry right now. Prices for lobster going both into the U.S. and into Asia are tremendous, but the labour issue is a real issue. It's a massive issue, and it's not going to get better in terms of sourcing locally available labour. You have two or three key solutions. Technology and automation are part of the solution, but that's a medium-term to long-term strategy. The immediate solution, in my view, without a doubt relates to the availability of temporary foreign workers. A tremendous opportunity would be lost without them.
On February 19th, 2016. See this statement in context.