The whole temporary foreign worker issue is related to EI. I understand that. It is not as simple as “you finish one job and there is a job there that you can do”. It's not that simple. I think that if you spoke to the people who live in these communities, you would get a better understanding of that. I know that there is a difficulty there. I know that there are probably some instances where people could go into working in those jobs. It is very difficult. Some of those conditions are very difficult. They are taken away from their families. It's too far away. It's not the type of job they have been trained for or that they are looking for. I think there are a lot of factors that come into play there, and it's not so easy just to say, “There's a job. Take that job.”
On March 9th, 2016. See this statement in context.