With regard to CIC's perspective on that question, we're certainly focusing on the overseas portion. We're trying to make sure that before people even come to Canada they have the information about the priority professions in the framework and know what can be done ahead of time, including whether they can start doing some of their educational assessment overseas, and whether they can start doing some of the licensure overseas. Some of the regulatory bodies do have some programs where there are online practice exams and things like that.
As I mentioned in my opening remarks, we also have the Canadian immigrant internship program, which tries to make sure that people do understand what's expected and what is required before they even come to Canada. So while we are doing the back end here in Canada, we're trying to do as much as we can overseas. And through that program, people come for a one-day course. As I said, it's also for spouses and working-age dependants, who can learn more about what's going to happen once they arrive in Canada and what they can do ahead of time. They actually fill out a form called “My Action Plan” and can start working on the process and know whom to contact. Then through that there's also something called focal point partners, wherein they're given contacts for immigrant-serving organizations in the province they think they're going to be moving to, as well as some educational institutions.
So, again, they can start doing some of their credential assessment and preparing their information before they even arrive in Canada.
Finally, to support the framework, we also have the international qualifications network, and that's a website. We found that when we were meeting with the regulators and employers and all of the different groups involved, they said they just didn't have a way to share information in a fast and easy way. So through this, we're creating a website that's about to be launched this fall where they can post information about bridge-to-work programs or some of their best practices. That way others can go there and learn from that rather than having to reinvent the wheel, and they can also tailor that to their own specific needs.