Regarding temporary foreign workers and compliance and worker protection, a few measures have been put in place to respond to some of these abusive situations that have been brought to the government's attention. There's the temporary foreign worker program and the international mobility program. The temporary foreign worker program is led by Minister Qualtrough at Employment and Social Development Canada. We collaborate on that program. The international mobility program is one that IRCC leads. Employers who do not comply with the program requirements are subject to financial penalties or banned from hiring foreign nationals. In budget 2018, $194 million was provided to support the enforcement of and compliance with this regime.
Secondly, since June 2019 foreign workers who found themselves in an abusive situation could apply for an open work permit. They would no longer be tied to that employer. This allowed workers to find a new employment situation fairly quickly and leave that abusive situation. IRCC offers priority processing for that situation and does not charge any service fees. That has really enabled people to leave any situation like that.