Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Coutrouzas and Mr. Delov, for joining us. It's really important to have the perspective of organized labour when we're talking about buy Canadian. I think you both raised some fairly consistent points around buy Canadian procurement and how it also has to put Canadian workers first. I really appreciate the sentiment of “hire Canadian” also.
Mr. Coutrouzas, I'll start with you.
You talked about some of the challenges with foreign workers and prioritizing Canadian labour and Canadian labour availability. Billions of dollars of federal investment are going into build Canada strong, Build Canada Homes and the defence industrial strategy. For all of these programs, we need to make sure that we have labour availability for them and, through the buy Canadian policy, that federal procurement is prioritizing Canadian content.
Can you comment on how we can make sure we do prioritize Canadian workers for all the work that's coming through?