I want to come back to my colleague's comment. As I understand it, the temporary foreign worker program and the pilot project on seasonal work are two completely different things.
I see no problem with studying the temporary foreign workers program. It is another committee's responsibility, but they could transfer it to us, according to what I have heard. However, the current pilot project for seasonal workers deals with employment insurance and applies to seasonal work, like fishing, in certain parts of the country.
I feel that we must distinguish between seasonal work and the situation for temporary foreign workers, even if they also come for seasonal work, as they often do. However, today's matter is about workers in a given region whose work is seasonal. Those are two different situations. So we would first have to decide whether our committee is the right place to study the issue of temporary foreign workers, and then decide if we need another motion.
I understand that the calendar will have to be revised. The department is currently asking how to improve the program we have now. If we want to make sure that the program does not become permanent in its present form, I feel that we must help the department with its study.
So we could meet with people who have current experience of the pilot project and who want it to be renewed, but not until it is amended. The groups and companies involved certainly have suggestions about it and it would be our way of contributing to the department's study.