Finance committee  The last point is that there's also a sort of fiscal impact. At a certain point, the number of occupations did have to be limited, so that was the other factor.

Finance committee  Hi. I'm Jonathan Wallace, director general of the Canada student financial assistance program. Thanks for the question. In determining the list of additional professions to include in this benefit, a lot of factors were taken into consideration. Labour shortage data across the country using the COPS occupational projection system was considered, as well as specific data on shortages in rural tracks.