Where jurisdictional overlap occurs, it is essential that governments work better together. I agree with you: in its current form, the temporary foreign worker program is outdated and absolutely needs to be modernized. It was designed when the unemployment rate was between 12% and 15%. However, today’s reality is very different.
What we need is better co‑operation and less red tape because we are often doing things in duplicate. We have never had evidence that the federal government or Quebec would do better on their own.
We can maintain the current system, but there is a real need to improve co‑operation, so as to eliminate red tape, particularly wait times, which are ridiculous.