Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for appearing before our committee.
I have an important question on vacant positions, mentioned in point 8.50.
Because of Statistics Canada's incapacity, if I may say, to answer that question, governments are unable to determine if a request to bring in foreign workers is justified or not. Currently, there are more than 100,000 foreign workers who occupy jobs that could be occupied by Canadians. The whole issue is rather concerning. In your reply to point 8.55, you seem to indicate that budgetary reasons are what prevent you from correcting the gap regarding vacant positions.
Would an increase in your budget allow you to resolve that problem, and thus allow us to settle the issue regarding foreign workers in a satisfactory way?