There are a number of issues here in terms of the temporary workers program.
We know that we have a number of undocumented people here in Canada. Let's look at a regularization system.
Let me take a step back. I think we all agree that we need to revisit IRPA, right? There are huge issues from the changes made in 2002. So in terms of the temporary workers program, we need to look at regularization.
Bringing in people to work in Canada on a temporary basis is morally wrong. If Canada is going to grow economically and as nation builders with immigrants, we should bring people in permanently.
We need to deal with the backlog by ensuring that there are more resources in the places that immigrants are coming from. We know that we've had a change in demographics over the last 10 years. It makes no sense that Europe is over-resourced, and not Asia and Africa. Canada has identified French immigrants, for example, and they're hanging out in Belgium. So those are the kinds of things we need to look at in terms of where our resources are going.
The $50 million that's in this budget to bring in temporary workers should be spent in our visa posts abroad, in Asia and Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.