Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister, thank you for being here today. I share your passion for the skilled trades. My son's in the skilled trades. He's a carpenter's apprentice.
I have some real concerns about what's happening in Canada, and I'm hoping we can talk about that a bit today. You were the minister of employment, workforce development and labour from 2017 to 2019. In 2018, your government made a very troubling decision—at least, I find it deeply troubling. You decided to remove union consultation from the issuance of temporary foreign worker permits.
Can you give the rationale for why your government chose to remove this safeguard?