Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank our witnesses for being here with us this morning.
My first question is for Ms. Lalonde, but another witness can speak to it too.
Today we are talking about the economy. You talked about the employment situation in certain sectors. You said there was a skills shortage in some sectors in Canada and that we needed to recruit foreign workers. In other sectors, it seems there are enough.
Are the universities telling young people who want to attend university which sectors have a future and those that might not? We get the feeling that the universities are not necessarily doing that.
I have five children who are all doing post-secondary education. We give young people the freedom to choose what they like and want. If they can choose between four or five fields that they like, it would be best if they chose one where they have 100% chance of getting a job instead of one where they have only a 10% chance.
They take a four-year program to get a bachelor's. They might even do a master's afterward. They might devote six years of their lives to studying in a field where it will be practically impossible to get a job because the competition is so stiff. For every 10 jobs, there are 35 students graduating from university.
Is it possible to improve this situation?