Thank you. It shouldn't be a revenue generator.
Secondly, there has to be something done with the time frame, or perhaps there's a short response time so that within two weeks you hear that yes, your application is complete; yes, you have all the elements; and now you're into perhaps the six-month backlog. I think even having some feedback looped to the business owner about where their application is in the process—yes, you're close, or no, you're not—will allow them to then make alternative arrangements within their business.
Lastly, we're big advocates of something called the “introduction to Canada visa”, which is something we have suggested. Once a business has gone through the process and the steps of bringing that individual into the country, it works very hard to settle them into the community, to make sure they're feeling supported by doing the language training and some of the other things my co-witnesses have mentioned today. But then then they leave. We think that's a lost opportunity. We would encourage putting them on a path to permanent residency once they've been in the country and are proven to be embedded in the community. Allow them to change employers certainly, if they will, but they shouldn't necessarily be kicked out of the country.
Lastly, we're also big advocates of an employee's bill of rights. That's part of a report I can share with the committee if there's interest.