Thank you for the question.
We do in fact recommend that the assessments be suspended. We know that the labour shortage is currently affecting all occupational sectors in Quebec. LMIAs are certainly red tape that hinders the situation and currently serves no purpose given the shortage.
I'd like to note one thing. The unemployment rate is 4.2%. There are about 260,000 job vacancies. We estimate that we'll have 1.4 million job vacancies by 2030. That needs to be considered. The labour shortage will continue to grow until 2030 and then plateau. We'll still need labour, however.
It would be appropriate to remove everything that constitutes red tape and that's not needed at this time.