Thank you for the question.
The provincial nominee program is certainly an option. The reason I focused on the federal skilled trades program is that it is probably the single immigration program that would most directly impact our industry. You are actually bringing in skilled trade workers, and it goes down, as far as I know, to NOC C level, which would allow us to cover heavy equipment operators.
I think one of the biggest challenges we have with that program—with all the programs—is the issue that was already identified, and that is language requirements. To some degree, they are a little bit onerous for the type of work and the type of worker we are bringing in. A little flexibility on that front would go a long way, as well as increasing the number of federal skilled trade workers brought into the country on an annual basis.