Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the witnesses for being with us today.
I have two main questions. One will be about the same subject, reform of the employment insurance scheme, and the other about the temporary foreign workers program, or TFWP, and in particular labour market impact assessments, or LMIAs.
Concerning the reform of the employment insurance program, the government had announced several hundred thousand dollars for consultations in the last budget. The problem is that they were not particularly transparent. It was hard to find the phases of the consultations on the department's website—we know, because we searched. As well, you held an online consultation. A request had been made for a report to be written. I am going to ask you the question again: is it possible to receive a report on this subject?
For transparency, can you give a clearer explanation of the steps in the consultation, the topics addressed, and the people who were consulted?
As well, you say there will be another phase. We also know that there have been problems associated with a lack of equity among the groups with whom meetings were held. I personally made a request to the Minister for the opposition party employment critics to be able to participate in the reform process.
Can the department clearly explain the stage of the consultation that is underway and the stages yet to come?