Mr. Chairman, I would say that first of all Canada is the only country I know that provides a pathway to permanent residency for caregivers. Second, some people have suggested that we do away with the live-in requirement in the program. The problem is this. There's no shortage of Canadians prepared to work as caregivers living outside the home. People apply for that job; they do that work. But when employers ask for live-in caregivers, Canadians and residents don't apply.
Here's another interesting thing. People who have worked in Canada as caregivers on a work permit as temporary foreign workers quite typically, as soon as they can, apply for an open work permit and leave the live-in caregiver field. So here's the problem. If we fundamentally change the character of the program to essentially grant people conditional or immediate permanent residency and family sponsorship, that undermines the labour market point of the program, which is to give Canadian families access to live-in caregivers.