Thank you so much, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Deputy, for the referral of the question.
I'm pleased to report that every effort has been made to address the non-compliance of employers in this regard. Over the two-year period, we identified more than 330 employers who were in contravention. It could range anywhere from receiving a warning letter to a monetary penalty or a permanent ban.
In total, there was more than $2 million of administrative monetary penalties that were administered, and the list of non-compliant employers can be found on the IRCC website.
I'd also like to underscore at this time that part of the impact of wanting to ensure the health and safety of our temporary foreign workers is measured by how many employers we bring into compliance. That is one area that our system, unfortunately, doesn't outline and isn't quick to underscore.
However, we have improved and increased the percentage by 10%, up to 30% of employers we worked with during the course of the inspection. Because of the interaction with the inspector and our staff in saying that they were not meeting the requirements, they made adjustments and provided proof that they did. We were pleased to see that 30% of employers were brought into compliance and therefore did not need to go through the monetary penalty or the consideration of a ban.