I completely agree, and I would add that we should look at the immigration system, whether that means recognizing foreign credentials or simply identifying foreign candidates and bringing them into the system. We are seeing that the process takes an inordinate amount of time. Even if many positions on a ship are given priority status by Immigration Canada, in reality, it takes over two years between the time a candidate is selected by a company that would like to hire that person and the moment when that person has the right to work in Canada. It's essentially a problem of resources.
On October 19th, 2022. See this statement in context.