Thank you for the question.
LMIAs fall within the purview of ESDC, Employment and Social Development Canada. What I can say is that there have been facilitative measures arranged within the TFWP as it specifically pertains to Quebec. These were announced in August 2021. They include raising the cap on the low-wage TFWs a Quebec employer may hire and expanding the simplified process for accessing a labour market impact assessment to national occupation classification C, which is akin to what's already in place for classification levels A and B.
Just in general with respect to processing times and delays, I can speak directly for our department that, clearly, we don't want those processing time delays. We are working very hard to come back to our processing times for work permit issuance by the end of the year. That is the goal we have set. In that sense, clearly we are of the view as well that such delays are not good for business. Frankly, they're not good with respect to our department as well.