I really want to try to understand this on a very practical level. I'm just looking at our witness list for the next hour. We have the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists.
Each area of a profession, in large part, not all—even in some distinct labour categories—generally has an association that represents them nationally; often they have an association that represents them provincially. What I'm hearing is that the federal government has little constitutional or separation of powers ability to influence significantly the outcomes for these immigrants as they come here. They are often more controlled by their professional association, be it engineers, doctors, bricklayers, construction workers--whomever.
Am I correct in thinking—I'm asking you to verify that I understand this conceptually—that all we can really do at the federal level is to assist these types of associations, which we're going to be asking questions of, as well as other groups, to get their house in order, get their regulatory schemes in order, so they can apply to a broader range of provinces, or perhaps the whole country, if they so undertake to do so?
Am I correct in thinking that way, or do they individually have to have agreements with the provinces as well to be part of that regulatory framework?