They're being used in very different ways. The provincial nominee programs are so diverse that it is difficult to generalize.
Some provinces use them very directly for immediate labour market needs. Other provinces have taken a long-term larger view about developing immigrant communities, building demographics, and attempting to build self-sustaining immigrant communities.
I spoke earlier about the very large proportion of immigrants who have traditionally gone to Ontario. Immigrants tend to go to places where they know someone, or at least know someone who knows someone, and they get their foot in the door. So provinces such as Manitoba, for example, have focused on building an immigrant community, which will then become self-perpetuating.
So I think all I can say is that the programs range from very small and very specialized—and indeed Ontario's program has tended to be small and specialized, because they were getting large volumes of immigrants through the federal program.
So they're very diverse, sir.