Just to add to that, being a national professional association that receives immigrants globally, ever since the program started we have been receiving incremental increases of applications offshore. In terms of the success for someone who has applied and figures out where they will fit into the Canadian context, it's much better for them to do that while they are in their source country. So the three source countries they are working in, with the expansion into the U.K., will definitely help our profession. As I said, 90% of our people are not equivalent, and they can fill those gaps while they are still in their home country. We are not limited to just using domestic resources. Our PLA program allows for the philosophy that education can be obtained anywhere as long as it meets the competency requirements. So for our association it has been a very successful program by allowing people to have better answers on a much timelier basis while they are still at home.
On May 11th, 2010. See this statement in context.