Ms. Charlton, thank you very much for the question.
We see the temporary workers program and permanent immigration as two distinct but very important tools to try to address the skills needs in Canada. Obviously there are many instances when somebody may be needed for a specified period of time and where those skills are needed. If you look at temporary farm workers, for example, coming in to help with the harvest, that's an example of where it makes sense to take people for a specified period of time and allow them to go home afterward.
Increasingly, though, the concern among Canadian employers is that we are going to be facing a chronic shortage of skills in Canada and we should be looking at how we address that on a more permanent basis. How do we draw to Canada the best and the brightest in the world and have them help us build this country?
So yes, we consider temporary workers to be an important stopgap, but over the longer term we have to look at absolute levels of immigration and the nature of immigration that we have to Canada with a view to ensuring that we have the skills we need for the future.