In 2002--I think Joe Fontana was the Liberal MP chairing this committee and Mr. Coderre was the minister--they changed the points system to try to fit the skills better. As a result, because of the going back and forth and the timing, the backlog dramatically increased. Putting aside retroactively where they should be or shouldn't be, was that a good change in 2002, in the way the points are now really stacked in favour of people who have degrees and speak fluent English? As a result, people like carpenters, who we really need, probably won't be able to fit under the points system because they don't have enough points if they don't speak fluent English, or maybe they're 45 rather than 35, for example.
On May 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.