I guess from our perspective, if we're really thinking about the strategic potential that comes from that pathway and that pipeline, we would strongly recommend that we think outside the box on this. Rather than working within that temporary visa framework that exists, we could think about that pathway for those who may choose to stay and for whom Canada would want to open the door to that possibility. Looking at perhaps an entirely new pathway that would allow us to explore an explicit opportunity for students who want to both study and then remain after graduation, would be, from our perspective, much more strategic. It would allow us as a country to really identify those gaps in those areas.
We hear very clearly, for example, from our business leaders that we need to be recruiting and growing new talent to be competitive globally. We're hearing that the viability of our research institutions, knowledge industries and key sectors depend on an influx of that top global talent. We're hearing from ESDC that we're facing severe skill shortages in critical growth sectors. From our perspective, we see this as a very strategic moment in time, in thinking about our country's future prosperity and our future global connectedness, to really step outside of that existing framework and say, no, in fact we'd like to open the door to a more explicit framework; there's space.
I think our institutions are certainly keen to be part of that solution and think about how we innovate around this and create a much bolder pathway that aligns with and complements our nation's overall immigration goals. I think it's critically important to really think about this from a much more strategic standpoint and the future—