We don't typically publish our planning levels more than a year in advance, because we always want to be sensitive to current economic and labour market developments. For the year 2009, we have published a planning range of 240,000 to 265,000 permanent residents to Canada. I don't know of another developed country that is actually planning to maintain its current levels of permanent residents. I can report that for the year 2008, which is completed, we received 247,000 permanent residents, which was well within our planning range.
I have to make a clear caveat. Obviously the economy is changing on a weekly basis, and we have to monitor the situation very closely. That's why I indicated earlier that my deputy minister will be meeting with his provincial counterparts at the end of March to discuss whether there is a sufficiently dramatic need, changes in the labour market, such that we need to revise our planning targets for 2009. I should also add, though, that in November of last year I spoke to all my provincial counterparts—ministers of immigration, who are often also ministers of human resources and labour—and all 10 of them indicated that they felt there was a need for maintaining our intake levels or actually increasing them. They all identified, three months ago, continuing significant labour market shortages in some regions and certain industries. But the situation is changing and we will be responsive if need be.