Mr. Chair, thank you so much, and thank you to the panel for coming.
We all want Atlantic Canada to do well. We all want Atlantic provinces to do well. We all want more immigration. We all want to make sure we go back to the 1966 level of 10% of the Canadian population. At the same time, we want to make sure that we keep the people we bring, that we have jobs for them, that we have a plan, that we have a system to keep them.
I'll tell you a personal experience. A few years back, I met somebody who immigrated to Manitoba. He couldn't find anything there. His address was in Manitoba, but in the meantime he was looking for a job in Toronto.
Mr. Dykstra, you threw out lots of numbers, such as the 59,000 vacancies and so on. As you are aware, the tax changes and the tax planning under private corporations that the Liberals have under way will obviously cause drastic changes in the agriculture sector. Your organization outlined the following: “The proposed changes will increase complexity and uncertainty to any farm business that has incorporated, which represents 25% of all farm businesses across Canada.” Could you please speak to how these changes will have a negative impact on Atlantic Canada's economy and on keeping those migrant workers in Atlantic Canada?