I am certainly not opposed to it in principle; on the contrary, I believe that family reunification, and having your family with you,is important. However, as you illustrated clearly at the beginning of your presentation, Mr. Lampart, creating this kind of program would be an alternative, a way to get around it, because the existing program isn't working. In my opinion, if all we do is find a solution rather than truly fixing the problem, the solution could then become the rule.
In fact, waiting times are too long. For example, processing times for permanent residence applications make no sense. In that case, everyone will do it this way: they will enter Canada first as temporary workers, and then immediately bring their families, and settle in that way.
I understand that you have immediate needs for workers because of growth. It might be useful to have a pilot project to meet those needs, but we have to be sure that we avoid any potential negative consequences.
I don't know whether I have time to ask one last question. This isn't necessarily connected with what we are studying today. In your book on demographic growth, there is a section dealing with settlement in francophone and rural communities. For francophone communities, you set a number of objectives for the government to meet.
In terms of immigration, are there immigrant selection strategies in New Brunswick, or mechanisms for giving priority to immigrants from francophone countries, to help those places preserve their francophone character?