Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. That's a tricky one, depending on the skill category as well.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The irony is that one of the protections temporary foreign workers have is the ability to switch jobs. We've talked about that. I mean, you do get a lot of people coming in where, if one person leaves for a better-paying job, they all leave. It's not easy--you need a positive LMO and you need to reapply to CIC--but it can be done.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, something simple; it doesn't have to be cost-prohibitive.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  And Alberta has gone forward—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I could throw something in to follow up what he said, there are three people involved. I personally have seen workers use work permits to just come over here and go elsewhere. I've seen employers bring workers over here under horrible conditions and not honour their end of the contract, and I've seen third party recruiters muddy the communication between the worker and employer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, the employers pay for it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For the low-skilled category, the employer pays round-trip airfare; for the skilled category, no. C and D get round-trip airfare.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, but that exists right now under the NO categories 0, A, and B. It's a fantastic way to come to the country, get work from the employer, apply for TRP from within Canada, and become a permanent resident. My biggest issue is with the NOC categories C and D. Sorry, those are the national occupation codes C and D, the so-called low-skilled categories.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That was my point there.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That makes sense. Yes, absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm glad you brought up the issue of unscrupulous foreign recruiters and CSIC members, but I would strongly urge everyone to understand that these people exist in Saskatchewan and in Canada in great numbers. What can we do about them? When Service Canada gets an LMO, there's a third party on there, so they know who the third party is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, about wages, I understand that Service Canada is there to protect the Canadian labour market, and I'm fully supportive of that. My background in immigration is actually in settlement. I could talk here at great length about the point system and settlement. I don't believe in the abuse of foreign workers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I'll just plunge right in regarding foreign workers in Saskatchewan. In Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, P.E.I., and Quebec, we have occupations under pressure lists that reduce the advertising requirement for anyone trying to bring in foreign workers.