I think most young Canadians would have a problem with this as a reciprocal agreement. In 2005, there were 30,000 young people accessing this country through the program and there were 22,000 Canadians. That's pretty close. That's a reciprocal agreement. However, by 2012, we had 58,000 students in Canada and only 18,000 Canadians abroad, so the reciprocal aspect of it wasn't great.
Again, keep in mind that the youth unemployment rate is twice the national average, but then a decision was made to increase.... You would think that if there was a decision to be made, it would be to bring down the number of young people coming into the country to make it more of a reciprocal agreement, yet the shackles have been taken off the agreement with Ireland.
What would be the rationale for increasing the number of young people coming from Ireland to work here in Canada?