Thank you, Minister.
My next question is about the long processing times for work permits owing to the health crisis. According to the immigration lawyers I talked to this morning, the wait time is seven months for certain work permit categories. The newspapers have also talked about cases of refugees in the same situation. We know there are employment opportunities in health care, but people cannot get hired without a work permit. They must bring themselves to apply for social assistance.
We have noted growing pressure on the processing of work permits in the context of the health crisis.
Would it have been a good idea to take into account proposals like the one from the Bloc Québécois to implement work permits by sector?
Perhaps studies should be carried out on the impact on the sectoral labour market and on the validity period of work permits, which could be increased. Over the long term, this would reduce the pressure on application processing. What do you think about that?