There are a number. Everything you have said is absolutely true. We have way too much talent out there that is being underused, to the dismay of the country, or to the detriment of the country, but also to the detriment of these individuals and their families. They could be much better off both economically and psychologically if they were productively employed in their chosen field, in which they have skills. This is why we're spending so much time and energy on this, working with the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
One of the steps that we see in helping get over this barrier and this lack of communication is the foreign worker program through which employers in Canada who can't find the skills they need here, having exhausted the market in a search, then go offshore to find them, and bring people in for a limited time period. The benefit that comes out of that is twofold. Firstly, the employer gets the skills and services they need. Secondly, the foreign workers get Canadian experience. One of the biggest hurdles for immigrants in getting their credentials recognized is a lack of Canadian experience. It's the old story of no job no experience, no experience no job.
Through the foreign workers program, we are starting to get around that in some specific professions. My hope is that we will be able to do more of that, and also more formally recognize this experience. That's why we want to go ahead with the new agency through which we can specify Canadian credentials and standards, so that people coming here will know ahead of time what to expect, where to expect it, and where they will be able to work. They might be able to work in New Brunswick but not Saskatchewan because of the provincial standards and provincially regulated bodies. We're really trying to get more programs like the Red Seal, through which there can be provincial standards for each, but also a common national standard that allows people to move across the country, because that's better for everybody.