There are tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers every year who obtain permanent resident status. The government introduced the Canadian experience class in 2006. It is growing rapidly. It's one of our few programs that has no intake control measures or caps. It's an open program and applications are processed immediately. In addition, particularly with regard to Maple Leaf Foods workers, under the provincial nominee programs, which have tripled in size over the last six years, provinces can respond to that ongoing labour need by making them provincial nominees and having them get permanent resident status on a priority basis. That happens in tens of thousands of cases per year.
On May 9th, 2013. See this statement in context.