Mr. Speaker, I agree that statements like the ones made by the Leader of the Opposition can be dangerous when members of the public who are not fully informed take them for the truth, leading to a polarized society. Unfortunately, too many politicians use polarization to score points.
However, I want to tell my colleague that I also consider it dangerous to radically and suddenly change a policy the way his government just did. I spoke about a transition period, which seems perfectly reasonable to me. I am counting on my colleague to spread the word internally. We need to give our businesses with 20% foreign workers a buffer period to lower that proportion to 10%. All of the affected sectors will comply. They are all going to do it, but they need time so they can retain their most productive workers. I think we owe our businesses that much.