Industry committee  We wouldn't be privy to the bonuses being provided to others within IRCC.

Industry committee  No, we don't have access to those human resources statistics at hand. I can say that the department is taking anti-racism efforts very seriously and attempting to sensitize employees, train employees and put very concrete goals with respect to—

Industry committee  With respect to IRCC, as the member has mentioned, as the COVID pandemic has waned, the department is looking at, in some cases, a gradual return to work for some employees, but it's a heterogeneous workforce, so there are different needs depending on the different sectors of IRC

Industry committee  I'm sorry.

Industry committee  Thank you, Chair. The member's request has been noted.

Industry committee  We don't have that detail. We can undertake to get that to the member.

Industry committee  I would say in general, given the labour shortage, which we've identified, we are looking as much as possible into facilitation measures that would balance the needs of the Canadian labour market and the ability of students to come here and actually study and to acknowledge the f

Industry committee  Thanks, Chair. First off, I'd just acknowledge that, yes, foreign credential recognition is an issue, and it can be a barrier for the integration of newcomers and to having newcomers working in their chosen occupations, especially in regulated occupations that represent roughly

Industry committee  We'll undertake to look into it.

Industry committee  Thanks for the question. In fact, the international student program is demand-driven, so there is no cap on applications for study permits per se. It's demand-driven and, in fact, moreover, they do tend to, in very large numbers, apply for permanent residence through express e

Industry committee  Thanks for the question. I think that's in relation to inspections under the temporary foreign worker program. I am not privy to those details particularly, but I can undertake to get a response to the committee, if that's okay.

Industry committee  Thank you, Chair, very much. We don't mind taking questions. With respect to trades, in fact we do have the federal skilled trades program. This is within express entry. Due to efforts to calibrate our intake to our output, the intake of federal skilled trades has been on pause,

Industry committee  Generally once students arrive in Canada, they of course would go to study at their post-secondary education institution, or in some cases secondary schools, for the sake of discussion for PSE. I know many of those post-secondary institutions have supports, given the high percent

Industry committee  Thank you. On that, I will turn to my colleague Ms. Hayward.

Industry committee  Perhaps I can jump in, Chair. We generally deal with that on an employee-by-employee basis in terms of what challenges they may be facing with regard to connectivity. I think the best place is for the supervisor of that particular employee to work through whether the employee wo