Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I listened with interest to Ms. Lee's statement and it is an issue that I understand is becoming more and more of a problem for northern employers finding suitable staff because of the overheated economy. To date, I have approached Minister Solberg's office on a couple of issues. One was to see if we could get some action on assisting the tourism operators who need Japanese staff; another to address an issue of a long-standing or outstanding application for Canadian citizenship for a doctor who is practicing in the North. We've had successful resolution of one of those.
I haven't been approached by fast-food service restaurants, but I would be quite prepared to sit down with them, discuss what their needs are, and then develop a plan of action to address this. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.