Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to begin by thanking you for sharing your knowledge and for giving us your opinion on how our policies should be directed.
My first question is for Mr. Argento.
I am pleased to hear you talk so spontaneously and so disingenuously about foreign workers whose residence permits expire and who are sent home again, when in fact they have to come back. I agree, it is absurd. You say that we have to put an end to this nonsense. It is rare that a person with responsibilities such as yours states things as clearly. I share your opinion. Not only is it an unfortunate situation, but it is also an insult to a person's intelligence.
As did the other witnesses, you began by talking about worker mobility. You said that in the construction business, including under the Interprovincial Red Seal Program, it will be possible to provide more general training to help workers move from place to place. You said that 300 trades or professions could be covered.
Mr. Gariépy, among others, pointed out that regulations applied in particular to distinct economic regions. Don't you think that it's bad for the labour market if worker mobility is based on regional or economic factors?