As the minister said in her news release of April 8, the government has articulated a number of principles that will be used to formulate the ministerial instructions.
First, on the basis of input from federal agencies such as the Bank of Canada and HRSD, organized labour, employers, and the provinces, we will develop a list of priority occupations. The logic is that, by and large, there is not a national labour market in Canada. They're either provincial or regional labour markets. So the minister and the department will be placing a lot of emphasis on consulting with these various groups.
We don't know exactly how we're going to consult right now, but the proposed legislation already says that the instructions have to be reported to the House through the annual plan, and that plan calls for consultations with the provinces.
The intention is to complete consultations over the course of the summer and have some in-house review. The minister has to go to cabinet. Then the intention is to issue the instructions some time in mid-autumn.