Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was touched by Mr. Ngankoy's testimony about the situation of temporary workers who become undocumented workers. Since we started these hearings, we have been made very aware of how these people are exploited. They are defenceless and ignorant of their rights. This is a concern. There should be a completely new approach taken in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.
At the first sitting of the committee I took part in, in October or November, the Minister was boasting about how she had increased the number of undocumented workers. She was very pleased about this. We now see that this is creating more problems. We will work to regularize these people's situation as soon as possible, although that is a major undertaking, a major change that has to be made in the Department.
In the meantime, I am going to address Ms. Gravel, who has studied the current situation. That situation has existed and will go on for several more years before the Department restores balance. Workers are not aware that they are entitled to safe jobs. Certainly you have studied the situation in Quebec, which has the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité au travail. What is missing there? The federal government is the one that issues work permits, but the workers are subject to the labour standards of Quebec or the province where they are working. What is missing for these people to be properly informed about their rights and for them to be treated properly?