Good morning, everyone.
I call to order meeting number four of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we will start the study on economic immigration and labour shortages today, beginning with briefings by the officials.
I would like to welcome three panels of witnesses.
Statistics Canada is represented by Josée Bégin, director general, labour market, education and socio-economic well-being; and Dominique Dionne-Simard, unit head and senior economist, centre for labour market information. Welcome.
We have officials from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. They are Marian Campbell Jarvis, assistant deputy minister, strategic and program policy; and Matt de Vlieger, director general, immigration. Welcome.
We also have representatives from the Department of Employment and Social Development. They are Philippe Massé, director general, temporary foreign worker directorate, skills and employment branch; and Katie Alexander, executive director, temporary foreign worker program and work-sharing program.
Thank you all for coming today.
Each of you will have 10 minutes for opening remarks. Then we will go into the rounds of questioning.
We will start with Statistics Canada.