Yes, and our long-haul trucker category is an example of where we've looked below the NOC codes A, B, and 0 and said there's a particular need we must respond to, and we created an avenue that uses the foreign temporary worker program to address that. We recognize there is pressure to look at other low-skill occupations--I shouldn't say low-skill, but semi-skill occupations--and see if there's a way we can use these two programs to address them appropriately. We're hearing it from the business community.
With respect to the backlogs in the steps of the legislation that recently passed, we will welcome anything that helps reduce the processing times overseas. We certainly see it as important for the nominee programs, and I recognize that the legislative measures don't seem to be addressed directly to nominee programs, but when the whole system is backlogged, that's going to slow down nominees as well.
In the longer run, it will be interesting to see how it does play out. It's been very important for provinces that the federal posts do give priority to nominees, and that's been very helpful.
Saskatchewan, and I think other small provinces, got into the immigration game because we felt the national immigration program didn't work successfully for us. Our percentage of immigrants was very low. For us, it's important that as the processing issue is dealt with, we continue to give some priority to nominees, as I think Mr. Komarnicki was characterizing it, so we can target immigration to our specific needs within the province.