Mr. Chair, these are issues of great concern, not only to the departments here today but also to our provincial colleagues. In fact, as Mr. Kenyon has mentioned, information-sharing agreements with the provinces are being developed to help us share information around infractions not only of federal statutes but also of provincial statutes.
For example, the four western provinces all have legislation on the books that makes it illegal for recruitment agencies to charge a fee to the prospective employee. Although they may charge the employer for their services, it is illegal under provincial statute for them to charge the employee.
When an employee comes forward with that type of information, either to HRSDC or to CIC or CBSA, we direct them to the appropriate provincial officials. We do, I think as Mr. Kenyon pointed out, recognize that the systematic follow-up is something we need to work on through future regulatory initiatives.
The key to that is being able to share information with the provinces more freely and between the three federal departments that are involved to make sure we're bringing all of our tools to the table to look at the activities of recruiters.