Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Actually, that's a good point to start off with. When we did touring on this, our estimates were from 200,000 to 500,000.
You mentioned some figures here that say we're taking in 165,000 folks, 45% of whom are high-skilled and 55% of whom are low-skilled.
I really want the committee members to understand this. The low-skilled folks are the ones who were eliminated as possible immigrants to Canada at the time the point system was changed. Just so the committee members know, the committee was overwhelmingly against the way the point system was changed. It was the classic case of a minister who knew little being convinced by the officials that it was the way to go.
If you start looking at the low-skilled workers and the way you categorize them--not the professionals--you're talking about 90,000 people. The new point system has been in operation now for a long period of time. So if you multiply 90,000 people by five years, you have 450,000 people.
The problem is that the system is not very functional, and that's why there's such a huge shortage. It doesn't matter where you go in this country. From the Maritimes, where fish plants are threatening to close down, to the west coast, to up north, we're in a real mess. And it comes back to the point system. Skilled trades have a hard time coming in. Labourers have a hard time coming in. So having the point system and the way it was changed has created a real problem.
There is talk about protecting Canada and what have you and protecting security in the country. Can you tell me how many people we are trying to deport right now because of criminality, Mr. MacDougall?