You asked what kinds of challenges there are. I'll give you a real-life challenge.
In Kitchener--Waterloo, our Canadian Silicon Valley, anchored by RIM, we have Conestoga College producing IT degrees, right? You always think that the University of Waterloo produces them, but Conestoga does as well.
But you have small and mid-sized IT firms offshoring those jobs to Bangalore. What has gone wrong? Did they not know that there were 2,000 students up the road at Conestoga or even at Waterloo? Is it the wage issue? I think these challenges need to be talked about.
But from a federal government point of view, would better labour market data—timely, granular, and local labour market data on the availability of the talent, the nature of the credentials, and the vast array of two-year diplomas, degrees, and graduate degrees—not have helped that company to not offshore those jobs? I think that is a challenge. What is the federal government role? As I said in my opening statement, mobilize the existing data on the demand side and the supply side.
Also, as I think as you have heard in the course of today, there is a range of success stories, individual and local community success stories. We all want to say that we're doing a great job. Well, why isn't there a compendium for us to go to so we can say that if they are doing it out at Red River College, maybe it applies in Nova Scotia? Where do you go to get that? That is a national role that can be funded. After all, the taxpayer has paid for all of these successes to come together.
Thank you very much.