Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Poschmann, in the past the C.D. Howe Institute has highlighted the need for looser restrictions or lower barriers for entering the skilled trades. Budget 2014 provided over $100 million, as you know, for the new Canada apprentice loan, providing tens of thousands of apprentices with access to interest-free loans.
Will this investment in the skilled trades help address the skills mismatch and youth unemployment?