Mr. Speaker, when immigration and innovation align, it makes for one great announcement.
Yesterday I welcomed the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development to my riding. The two ministers announced our government's global skills strategy at one of the many great companies, Therapure Biopharma, a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company.
To be implemented in 2017, the global skills strategy will establish a two-week standard for processing visas and work permits for companies in Canada, create a dedicated service channel for companies looking to make large job-creating investments, and will also eliminate the work permit requirement for very short-term work.
I would like to commend the ministers for their work on this project. I look forward to working with them to implement our global skills strategy.