Meredith, I could have given you a few of my minutes.
I want to introduce myself. I'm the president of the Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association.
I've been in this community for 25 years. I'll tell you all it's a gem. I won't say any more than that. I'm sure Marc has informed you of that.
I'm also part of the local immigration partnership. We're showing how immigration matters, the benefits of immigration, and of course the cultural aspect also. Plus over 30% of our population is over 60 years old. We need that immigration.
We are trying to retain our foreign students here and hoping the process is going to give them some leeway. As Ms. Aujla-Grewal said, they cannot get the hours for their work experience to apply for the PR card. They are at a standstill. It is an emotional and financial drain on them, more so now because of COVID. We're hoping we can help. We get a lot of those questions at Sudbury Multicultural and would like to be able to help these individuals.
I'm part of the India-Canada Association. I'm very much involved with all the colleges and universities, and particularly with students.
I'm looking forward to listening to you all, to seeing how we can make this a better process to help our community grow and help us retain people in our community.
Thank you for your time.