Thank you, Mr. Chair.
At one time, Quebec was losing doctors and health professionals because they were leaving to work elsewhere. Today, however, the federal government is really doing us a favour, since people aren't leaving anymore because they can't get passports.
Another problem with the federal government is immigration. It's putting the cart before the horse, in my view. This discussion is about making it easier to bring foreign professionals to the country, and yet, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship is the most dysfunctional department in the whole federal government. It can't even manage to get temporary foreign workers into the country on time.
That's why I'd like the witnesses to tell us whether they think a functional federal immigration department would make their job easier as far as the foreign credential recognition program is concerned.