International Trade committee  Most of the figures and data that we used were taken from other publications. We used the government's own numbers that had been produced, and numbers that had come from the Fraser Institute as well.

International Trade committee  No, because we were looking at what the conclusion of TPP would be, including those countries with the other countries that are parties to the agreement. We were looking at the complete picture of all those countries participating in the TPP negotiations.

International Trade committee  There are trade agreements with those countries, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just to clarify, our understanding is that the instruction is given, but those applicants are still screened against the current point system. It is not a situation where if you are a lower skilled individual you will be acceptable if your application is identified as an occupati

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just as a point, proposed subsection 11(1) for us is more a case of a request for clarification as to what this means. Our understanding is that proposed subsection 11(1) refers to the fact that once your application has been processed, if you have met all the criteria as laid do

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Understanding that person still would have to qualify against the point system, yes, that's our understanding.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. The way we understand the regulations that are going to be coming in is that the minister could quite rightly say to truck drivers that if they can qualify under 67 points, their application will get dealt with first.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Oh, I see. That is a really welcome change as encapsulated by Bill C-50, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's not proposed subsection 11(1). That's covered by the new instructions of proposed section 87.3.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  An essential role. The chamber believes there's a role for a number of different groups, what we have tended to term under-represented in the economy, be they youth at risk, women returning to the workforce. In the case of British Columbia in particular, it's our aboriginal commu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just as a general issue, yes, we would feel it is having a negative impact on business. I'll let Joyce speak to the restaurants in particular. As I said earlier, the biggest thing we're hearing from our members is the lack of skilled workers. To a greater degree now, we're hearin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do apologize if I gave the impression I was reducing the importance of family class. That certainly wasn't my intent. First, for a successful immigration system, when you bring in new skilled workers, an absolutely critical component of the system is their ability to bring th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I beg your pardon?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry it took me so long to answer. No.