I think open permits will create poaching similar to what already exists and foreign workers are going to want to walk away. What is important is that the regions are sometimes less well served by immigration and by international recruiting. I firmly believe in permanent residence and long-term solutions. We are proposing that a foreign worker who comes to a [Technical difficulty—Editor] region, but facilitate his wife's and children's integration, to repopulate those regions and avoid everyone heading to the major centres.
Outside Quebec, the limit is ten per cent for temporary foreign workers in low-paid positions. For many companies, that is insufficient. Here again, we have to give companies a bit more autonomy, and I agree with Mr. Strickland and Mr. Ellerker that unions have to participate more in the decision-making, which has to be handled by both parties.
That limit doesn't work today. We also have to talk about the length of the permits, and it's no longer appropriate to give one- or two-year work permits. Because of the demographic curve on the horizon, everyone is aware that for the next ten years, we are going to need temporary foreign workers. We need to increase the length of the permits and make it easier to retain these workers.