Madam Chair, my message is very simple. Temporary foreign workers are essential to our businesses, our farms and our health care facilities. That is why we have facilitated the arrival of essential temporary foreign workers throughout the pandemic.
In fact, last year we welcomed more than 85% of the planned agricultural workers and, this year, we will welcome even more. As far as processing times are concerned, we have made a lot of progress. The current processing time for a work permit is just over 60 days. This means that we are on track to meet our goal. We will continue to work with the Government of Quebec to ensure that it gets all the foreign workers it needs...