I thank my colleague for an important question, because it allows me to highlight how we are investing to transform our immigration system right from top to bottom.
Budget 2021 sets aside $827.4 million to do just that. With this investment, we are going to create a state-of-the-art digital, touchless and integrated immigration system that will allow newcomers, visitors, students, workers, families and refugees to come to Canada to write that next chapter of their lives. Not only does budget 2021 provide for that vision to become a reality, but it also sets aside important investments to help with client support and to reduce barriers for migrant workers who are already in Canada or plan to come to Canada.
The pandemic has taught us how important newcomers are to Canada. Whether we're talking about our health care sector, our farms and food processing plants, or the building and trade sector, we have seen newcomers step up in ways that are truly remarkable and, indeed, uniquely Canadian.
In order to continue that work and to achieve our goals in the 2021 plan, we need to be sure that we continue to invest in immigration. That's precisely what budget 2021 will do. My hope is that we'll be able to pass that budget in very short order, so that we can make it a reality.