Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General is free to investigate whatever he deems appropriate, without direction from the government.
In terms of the program, if and when there are abuses, we act clearly and quickly. If we see any distortion of the labour market, we will address that. The program has been under review. We made many very substantial changes last year, which resulted in about a 30% reduction in the number of applications for Labour Market Opinions.
We are about to come out with another phase of further reforms to ensure that Canadians always and everywhere get the first crack at available jobs, and that this program is only used as a limited and last resort by employers.