When you raised this issue last time, I told you that I had indeed met with representatives of the Réseau d'aide aux travailleuses et travailleurs migrants agricoles du Québec during our strategic review consultations. At that time, they told me about some cases that had been refused, without giving me any details, however.
After you asked me the question in committee, I went back to my team to find out the approval rate of applications. As you noted, that rate was indeed low in Quebec. It was 47% in 2022, and now it's 57% in 2023.
I'm looking at the program as a whole. As for the evidence to be demonstrated, the bar is intended to be lower, given that these are vulnerable people. We have issued open permits to vulnerable workers, but I think we need to continue the training with our public servants who are making decisions, so that they are in a position to make the right decisions. As to whether it was a specific official, I don't have those details with me today. I'll ask my team. However, I would say that there is a need for ongoing training for our officers who make decisions about very sensitive cases.