Let me just underline that our government's number one priority remains jobs, economic growth, and opportunity for Canadians, and we see our immigration programs as absolutely essential to achieving these goals. Many sectors of our economy now have large growing demands for skilled workers, and we need to work hard to implement our expression of interest system and implement all the reforms we've announced in recent months to make sure we are serving those economic needs properly.
As the member for Markham—Unionville knows, Mr. McCallum, there is very high growth in his community, in his growing city, in information technology and communications.
I recently met with representatives of the Entertainment Software Association of Canada. I don't know if the committee members are aware of this, but Canada is the world's third largest producer of video games, films and animated films in this industry, behind only the United States and Japan. But this industry cannot continue to grow without flexible responsive immigration programs that meet the needs of our dynamic 21st century economy.