Perhaps I can start, Paul.
The report that I'll be forwarding to the committee from the association is a report that we did similar to the one you have in your kit. It's on programs and services for immigrants, and in it we identify a number of the other challenges. We also speak to some of the programs that are being done by colleges and their community-based partners—again that wraparound community approach—to transition people into employment, into the workforce, as well as work being done on the barriers with national-level companies, such as the Royal Bank, which was one of our partners.
Part of it is still a question of understanding. On the issue of accents, we don't talk about accents in whichever of Canada's two official languages we're talking, but they are frequently a barrier for immigrants coming into the country.
The foreign credential recognition is a very minor part of the challenges for most positions. About 15% of the workforce need credentials in order to be accredited to work in particular fields. The challenges are much greater in some of the other areas for integration into the workforce.
We do also the information-sharing workshops within the association for member institutions, and then the member institutions work with their communities--for example, in the work of the Maytree Foundation, which you may know, and the TRIEC example in Toronto, which brings together all the community partners in industry. It is making a substantial difference. They're now working with 16 other communities across the country, and we have our colleges linked in each of those communities to address these issues in particular.