Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Would you say that Canada should follow the lead of those countries in reforming closed work permits?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You are telling me that those countries are an example for Canada. According to your logic, if Quebec were to obtain more immigration powers and eliminated closed work permits, it would become an example to be followed in the rest of Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  So we have come to the conclusion that the more powers Quebec has in immigration, the better off we are. Thank you, UN rapporteur. I'll give the rest of my time to my colleague Jenny Kwan.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I wanted to propose that we move to a vote right away instead of continuing the debate.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have a point of order, Mr. Chair. I think the discussion will continue beyond the six minutes the witness has left. Out of courtesy, we should thank the witness for being here before we let him leave. I don't think our conversation will be over in the next six minutes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In your consultations, did you have a chance to speak with Quebec's minister of immigration, francization and integration?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Quebec is the only province in Canada with a shared jurisdiction. Quebec has certain powers with respect to immigration thanks to an agreement signed in 1991 between Canada and Quebec. Quebec is asking to be granted all immigration powers. This is a unanimous request. All the pa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have a point of order, Mr. Chair. We no longer have interpretation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We no longer had interpretation, but the technical issue has been resolved. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Obokata, for joining us today for this important study. I will try to put things in context and reassure people, including some of my colleagues. You raised the fact that the closed work permit system could be fertile ground for modern slav

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We see that Quebec has an extremely high number of temporary foreign workers. I think that number is close to 500,000 workers. It is said that 95% of employers are good employers, but that does leave 5% who are not. Even if that portion was only 1%, vulnerable people would still

Citizenship and Immigration committee  An initiative specific to Quebec was created in 2018 called the Table de concertation sur les différents enjeux sur les travailleurs temporaires agricoles—an issue table on temporary foreign agricultural workers. This initiative's aim is to meet specific objectives, such as help

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I just want to make sure that our meeting with the special rapporteur won't be moved and that it's a sure thing, regardless of whether the minister is ready or available that same day. This is the last witness for our study on closed permits. We really need to wrap it up. I just

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Point of order, Mr. Chair.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I just realized that we're still discussing the motion, but it has already been adopted. Should we be discussing a motion that has already been adopted? I think we can move on.