If one of the streams isn't working they can move back and forth. In Canada this mix is more like 15:85, so 15% go into skilled trades.
We have about 100,000 apprentices in the building trades system right now in Canada. They're working full time. They're making $30 an hour, and as they move through they get 10% to 15% increases. We can't get companies to take on more of these kinds of people. There are 85,000 construction companies in Canada and this doesn't include two or three-person shops.
For every apprentice who we took on with one of our employers, there were four people who didn't get a spot. Imagine those people reading the newspaper about a skills shortage or about skills mismatches in Canada. So for every one we took in, there were four people we turned away.
We'd like to see a change to the way the education system is managed in Canada. We need outcomes linked with the job market and linked with the economy, not training for training's sake. We need a central government to hold the provinces to account for the funding that they get. I can address some of these thoughts in questions as we move on.
Thank you very much.