This may be a radical thought for the committee, and I might have been a little shy in answering Member Tassi's question, but I actually think that many of the jobs that are here are durable and endurable. We will need people to fill these jobs, as my colleagues have said. I think that an important feature of this review could be considering giving permanent residency at the outset to people who are coming to fill certain kinds of work, and that we shouldn't be shy about this because eventually many of these people do stay. I was listening to testimony a couple of weeks ago. One of the experts here had already said that many of the people who come through this program do end up being permanent residents. Taking away that delay, that anxiety, that stress and separation from family members would help to create a healthy environment for immigration that would fill our labour shortage needs.
On May 30th, 2016. See this statement in context.