Thank you, Madam Chair.
I thank the three witnesses for the information they have given us today. It will be a great help to us in determining how to move forward.
My first question is for Meredith Armstrong, from the City of Greater Sudbury.
I want to first thank you for the leadership you provided to the city in working closely with RC.
You mentioned during your presentation that you have over 2,000 international students, and that you want to keep them in the community. You also launched some of the new innovation programs like the rural immigration pilot project in the area.
How has that benefited the region? What recommendations would you have for us, at the federal level, to make some changes to the program to make sure we look at meeting the labour needs in the community?