Mr. Chair, we think this will provide an excellent opportunity for employers to be able to access high-skilled workers who meet their labour market requirements. The intention of the program is to actually have an expedited process. From the time we receive a completed application, we expect a processing time of approximately six months.
We have been doing a lot of work with employers. We've been holding a series of round tables with employer groups across the country and also working very closely with our provincial-territorial counterparts, because they will also have a role, certainly, and an interest in drawing down high-skilled workers out of the express entry pool.
I'll ask my colleague Catrina Tapley, who has participated in many of these employer round tables, to perhaps give a little more information specifically in terms of how this will work with employers.