I think it's very hard to think in terms of the implications at different points of implementation.
Certainly in a recession, newcomers face unique obstacles and so would their family, but I think it is important for us to also not be short-sighted and only look at the immediate. It's important to recognize that this is a potential long-term investment.
This is a stopgap that potentially can help a lot of families and can help smaller regions maintain their newcomers, if it means that families are more likely to stay in regions that have high out-migration and if it's a policy that helps curb the current system for permanent sponsorship. That permanent sponsorship, I believe, has about 25,000 slots for parents and grandparents at this point, which is tiny when you contrast that against the 400,000 newcomers we admit a year and you compound that over many years.
It's important for us to not only look at the immediate points of recession or ups and downturns in an economy that might be a year or two, but also to think of what it means if we keep families in regions for the long term and invest in them. It's really their children and their grandchildren who will be the true benefit to Canada and Quebec.