Last year that was a notch under 200,000.
The reality is, that is a demand-based program, and where employers are unable to find a Canadian citizen or resident to work for them they can apply for that program if they guarantee and demonstrate they're going to pay the prevailing Canadian regional wage rate and respect provincial labour market rules.
I didn't get a chance to respond to Ms. Chow's question, but we now have in place a monitoring system that will penalize employers who are abusive of the program.