Canada used to have an immigration stream that brought in the full range of workers. I don't like the terms “low skill” or “high skill” particularly. They are all important workers. As we learned through the COVID period, those so-called low-skill workers were essential workers.
Should Canada be bringing back an immigration stream that gives landed status for the full range of workers? If they did that, would it not address some of the situations the rapporteur calls “contemporary slavery” here in Canada for migrant workers?
Very quickly, that's for Ms. Kwan and then Mr. Escobar.