Mr. Chair, that's a point we raise in the report. I think there was a previous question about the impact of the delays. If it takes five years to process a permanent application, and the employer needs the employee--and we talked to a number of employers while we did the audit--employers were using the temporary foreign worker program to bring in people they needed to have on a permanent basis. There's been a very, very significant increase in the number of temporary foreign workers.
On November 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.