Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for being here.
I am from Calgary, Alberta, and I can tell you this program is wonderful. It's required not only in Alberta but also in some other regions of this country as well. This program definitely helps to address fairly genuine and acute labour shortages in our country.
Of course, there is no doubt that Canadians have to have the first crack at those jobs, but the program in general has been very successful. Definitely there has been abuse, but when abuse was noticed, there was an ongoing review. The government took action. We are trying to fix it.
I can't say there won't be any abuse in the future. It's an ongoing review. In any program there's always the potential for people to look for some kind of back door, etc.
Mr. Vermaeten, you talked about consultations. Obviously employers will have to transition into these changes we've proposed. It will have some impact on the way they deal with these files. I would like you to elaborate on what kind of stakeholder consultations are being planned for the coming months with these employers.