Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm not going to repeat everything that everyone else has said. I want to add to it, since there seems to be some concern about whether this issue is actually real.
Beside the numbers that the Korean ambassador quoted, I'll just go through a few of the jobs that are posted. NextStar Energy has posted a number of jobs. This one, for a general affairs specialist, says fluency in Korean is required. Another one says that fluency in Korean is required. Another one for material handler says asset languages are Korean.
A summary of the list of some of the jobs includes general affairs specialist, fluency in Korean; electrode quality engineer, bilingual English-Korean; module production planner, English and Korean proficiency; cell/electrode quality engineer, bilingual in English and Korean; and process quality engineer, bilingual and Korean.
Just so you don't think this is made up from NextStar, this is the Canadian job bank, the Government of Canada, where there are a number of NextStar jobs listed, and it says Korean language is an asset.
To eliminate confusion around LMIAs on the Government of Canada website and the Korean free trade agreement, it actually says on the Government of Canada's website for this job, “Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.” That is the term that allows you to come in and work at the plant without an LMIA. You just need a process through the Canada-Korea thing.
There are more than 22 permanent jobs already listed this way by NextStar. This is not made up. This is real. This is not some tweet by somebody. These are job postings that are included on the Government of Canada website.
Thank you.