My second point concerns new measures in effect related to sponsorship. The spouse being sponsored will be required to speak English or French and to have job skills. The spouse also has to have a minimum level of income to be a sponsor. We believe measures of this nature hinder permanent residence under the family class. When a woman marries a husband, she marries a country. Usually women who are sponsored by their spouses do not choose to immigrate; they are following their husbands to another country. We do not see the point of requiring them to have job skills, given that people here are already struggling because their skills aren't recognized.
Thank you very much.