Yes and no. Some of the professional associations, the medical associations, act as gatekeepers. The accountants have been better. Bonnie was here before, and some of them have really good programs to recognize prior credentials. Bill 124 in Ontario, which has just been introduced, takes a step toward ameliorating that situation.
We bring in people and ask them what their professions are and then they can't work. It's not only the professional associations, it's the whole system of before you choose to come to Canada, en route to Canada, what happens to you when you get to Canada, and then who we choose to recognize and who we don't. We choose to recognize certain professions. Tradespeople who come in also can't work.
It speaks to the whole lack of a coordinated coherent labour market policy that includes our immigration policy. We address it piecemeal instead of taking on the whole issue, which I understand is huge, but we do ourselves a disservice.