And instead we've spent money on facilitating a greater foreign worker program that works faster for employers. Service Canada is all set up to help channel migrant workers and foreign workers into the Canadian economy faster, but we haven't spent the money on bettering the processing of permanent residency applications for the many people in that backlog who have the same skills as the many foreign workers who are being brought in to work in low-skill sectors.
On May 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.