Citizenship and Immigration committee  My next question is for Mr. Johnson. In the data that Statistics Canada has provided, it is mentioned that there will be a decline in people looking for work in the coming 20 years. This decline will vary considerably between the regions, with the greatest decrease in rural areas

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My question is for Statistics Canada. We know that the Canadian fertility rate is declining, and that we are an aging country, according to your data. Women are having children at older ages. The average age of mothers at childbirth was 30.8 years in 2016, and the average age for

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Johnson, would you like to add to that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With regard to skilled and unskilled immigration, are there any models from other countries that you have examined that may offer models and innovations Canada should consider?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks to our witnesses. My first question is for Ms. Bégin, from Statistics Canada. I'm looking at the deck you have provided us and you touched briefly on the participation rate and the gap that persists for immigrant women. The gap between immigrant men who have been here fo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  How do we keep a balance to make sure that those jobs are not filled by the temporary foreign workers?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My next question is for Mr. McElhone. How long have you been hiring temporary foreign workers in your company?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Before these two years, then, you were not hiring temporary foreign workers?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There has been a discussion of the path to permanent resident status in the recently introduced changes to the caregiver program as a model to be considered. I agree that there should be a path to PR, because if you are good enough to work here, you are good enough to stay. Do

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They're only coming for seasonal work?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Hussan, would you like to add to that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Tabbara wants to continue. He had a question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks to the witnesses. My first question is for Mr. Hussan. I know there have been suggestions to make changes to the temporary foreign worker program to make it easier for employers to bring in foreign workers. Of course, we need to also ensure that jobs are not taken that

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ms. Proulx, would you like to add something to that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We know that the Canadian fertility rate is declining. We are an aging country. According to Statistics Canada, women are having children at an older age. The average age of mothers at childbirth was 30.8 years in 2016. The average age for first birth has risen to 29.2 years, and