Public Accounts committee  I will answer this question, Mr. Chair. We have run across undocumented workers, unfortunately. You are right in saying that this is not part of our mandate. We immediately contact the enforcement officials who are required to follow up on those sets of circumstances. Of course, we would be looking at the credibility of the employer moving forward with our program, and completing the inspection against all of the conditions associated with this type of activity.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, you are right. CBSA is one of the enforcement officials we would be working with. Also, through our escalation process in these types of situations, we would be escalating across to our provincial counterparts immediately on this. Oftentimes, they are the ones who first alert us of a situation, as well, having built those relationships on the ground.

Public Accounts committee  Pre-COVID, we had an equality assurance program that looked at the quality of our inspections. I don't have that figure in front of me. I'll see if I can find it before the end of our time here today, or I can table it with you at a later time.

Public Accounts committee  I'm sorry. My system was freezing. I think our deputy has covered it well. We have introduced also system enhancement and administrative—

Public Accounts committee  We have completed over 3,000 inspections by the end of the fiscal period, by last March 24. Of those, we have 1,500 in primary agriculture where there is likely an accommodation component, as many of the accommodation inspections include an accommodation component. Under quarantine, 65% of those are quarantine inspections.

Public Accounts committee  Deputy, with your support, I'll continue and indicate that as I've shared earlier, over 330 employers were determined to be non-compliant. The administrative monetary penalties equated to more than $2 million. The range of penalties started at a warning letter and went up to $100,000 per TFW, up to $1 million for each employer, depending on the size of the farm.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, the way I would answer this question is to say that the order in council governs the border in regard to who can come in and out of the country. Temporary foreign workers were identified as an exemption to mandatory vaccination, but there are specific rules for what needs to take place for unvaccinated workers to come into the country.

Public Accounts committee  Of course. I'll concentrate on the supplemental training that we have already put in place to address those pieces. These are examples that we do not wish to replicate, and we're making every effort not to do so—

Public Accounts committee  We have introduced an escalation process that identifies the provincial touchpoints whenever there is an issue that needs escalation where the health and safety of the TFW is of concern. We have done system enhancements and provided training to ensure that this is introduced as part of the ministerial commitments.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I'll be quick. The inspectors are not allowed to go on site until the workers have arrived in Canada. That is part of the authorities and the ways in which we can do this work. The pre-inspection prior to arrival is conducted at the provincial jurisdictional level and is called a housing inspection report.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Deputy, for the referral of the question. I'm pleased to report that every effort has been made to address the non-compliance of employers in this regard. Over the two-year period, we identified more than 330 employers who were in contravention.

Public Accounts committee  Of course, that example is not an example that we're proud of. This is an area where we have introduced a number of steps in order to address it: supplemental training, system enhancements to track those types of things, as well as ensuring that the system itself provides prompts and ensures that the documentation is there.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, there is specific training for the agricultural sector. Each stream has specific training. In regard to the conditions that are associated with the agricultural employers, every effort is made to work collaboratively across jurisdictions, but that's an area we are strengthening as part of the rebuild strategy.

Public Accounts committee  Yes.

Public Accounts committee  In regard to training our new inspectors, it is initially a four- to six-week program. It covers what is involved in the inspection process, steps that need to be taken to ensure that the proper information is collected, the interconnections and working collaboratively with folks on the ground from other provinces—our provincial colleagues—as well as migrant worker associations and employer associations—