Sure. Let me kick that off with a few words.
In the agricultural sector, I think we can separate the primary sector from the rest of the program. When it comes to agriculture, there's a well-established need by employers, a clear demand for people to do this very difficult and demanding farm work.
There's also a clear shortage. Not enough Canadians are either available in that specific geographic location—it is very specific and sporadic across the country—or not enough people want to do that work. There's a clear demand and a clear lack of supply. That's why we treat that very differently. The program is considered to be very important for ensuring the viability of these farms.
The way we've structured the changes recognizes that. They are exempted from most of the initiatives here because it is a distinct demand and a distinct group. For example, the changes that were proposed to stipulate the job requirement that English and French be the only languages, except in exceptional circumstances, doesn't apply here. Primary agriculture is exempt from that because you've got people here who come from a foreign country, Mexico, for example, but they go back after the season. We're not thinking about pathways to residency for these people. They're here on a temporary basis, so we don't need to have that type of demand.
The same can be said for the user fee. We don't need to apply user fees here because the processing works in a very different way. It works in groups. We work with the supply countries and we have special arrangements to reduce that administrative process and make it beneficial for the farmers and those foreign workers who want to come here.
One rule that does apply is the changes being proposed with respect to the ability to revoke work permits and to allow the government to suspend, revoke, and refuse labour market opinions. We've applied that to ensure that we can protect those workers when they come here. That ability applies across the sector. The other initiatives don't apply because we recognize the special circumstances of the agricultural sector.