Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just want to thank the minister for appearing.
Ms. Chow was talking about the imbalance, in her opinion, in where workers are being applied for in western Canada, and not enough doctors.... In my riding of Selkirk—Interlake, it would be great if we could bring in 15 to 20 doctors right now. At the same time, our manufacturing industry, the hotel and restaurant trade, the tourism industry, and the construction industry all need probably 300 to 500 workers right now. That's why you get this imbalance in the number of people needing cooks, carpenters, welders, doctors, and so on down the list--they just aren't there.
Can you briefly talk about how the situation today hasn't served us well in Canada? It hasn't served immigrants well because we have his huge backlog. We really need to look at making sure we have the flexibility to meet the needs of our economy, businesses, families, and immigrants.