The need to collect the data is important. We identified that they weren't using some bits of the data they already had, including the record of employment and the employment insurance data.
Also, as I pointed out earlier, they have been working with Statistics Canada to put together a new survey of information. It will be interesting to hear from the department what type of analysis that data will allow them to do, and whether what they get out of that survey will help them to better understand the situation in terms of available workers. For example, in the types of situations that you're describing, will that information help them better identify when there are vacancies and when there people available to work? That's something that would be useful to find out from the department in the course of your conversation with them.