With the brief time we have remaining, you'll probably have 30 seconds to comment on two potential changes. I'd like the debate to be around policy going forward.
I think that what we need to do in Canada, in terms of a path to entry for people who are trying to come into Canada through the asylum system but don't have a valid asylum claim, is to completely reform the temporary foreign worker program. I think it's pejorative in its title. I think it leads to abuse of workers, and I don't think it adequately meets the needs of the labour force in the Canadian economy.
What I'm proposing is that we reform it such that low-skilled migrants who might think about entering Canada as asylum seekers have a more formal way to come to Canada. Let's say, you work three out of four years. If you stay employed for that period of time in Canada, put in place a mechanism that is cognisant of labour mobility rules. You're eligible for citizenship. Then encourage people to come that way, and stop the whole, frankly, ridiculous, unsustainable system of the seasonal agricultural worker program, the caregiver program. I think it's unfair. That's proposal number one.
Proposal number two is, I would like to see reform in how we select humanitarian immigrants so that there is more of a focus and a nimbleness in our government on being able to help internally displaced persons, especially marginalized communities. The two ways I would propose to do that is for the Government of Canada to push the UN for reform on their determination process to ensure that people who can't reach UN refugee camps still have access into that selection process. That's going to take some work and an acknowledgement of a problem. Also, I propose that the Government of Canada reserve the government-sponsored refugee spots with more of a focus on, let's say, an instance of the four atrocity crimes. We put some nimbleness into that selection like we did with the Yazidi refugee program and we subsequently start to lift the caps on the privately sponsored refugee programs so that we unleash the ability of the Canadian public to sponsor refugees.
With the time remaining, I'd like you to comment on those ideas.