Thank you.
We often talk about our fears in the face of the aging population and the labour shortage that we will be dealing with in the next few years. I was very interested in the fact that today you presented concrete measures to deal with this labour shortage. For example, you mentioned community initiatives for getting people back into the job market, the importance of access to education, tools and programs for students with learning and behavioural difficulties as well as programs designed for people with disabilities and aboriginal people.
You talked about innovative and best practices in colleges and universities. You may wish to add to that.
Given all of these measures that you have implemented to deal with labour shortages, what challenges do colleges and universities have to face? What resources could help colleges and universities in implementing more measures like those?
Could the federal government play a role and support the colleges and universities, through initiatives, programs or innovative practices, in seeking out these people who are already in Canada and who would like to get into another field or the labour market?