Madam Chair, through you, I want to clarify that not all STEM jobs are regulated. The credential recognition isn't just with the regulatory bodies. It is employers believing that these women can do the job they are doing.
To also address something a member raised before, when immigrants apply here, they can't come to Canada without submitting extensive documentation about their qualifications. If they have landed here, I assure you that they have been through a lot of scrutiny to prove that they are qualified in the areas of their expertise.
To answer your question directly, some of the funding needs to go towards making sure that things like Canadian experience are not just illegal on paper but that immigrants are not asked for that. It doesn't make sense for somebody whose résumé says they landed here three weeks ago to be asked for Canadian experience, because you're stuck in a catch-22 in that you are told to go work at a Starbucks to get Canadian experience.
When you are a doctor, a researcher or an engineer, that doesn't add up.