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Natural Resources committee  Thanks for your question. Not to be overly partisan, the experience in the skilled trades thus far, with windmills and solar-powered farms and the like, the green or the alternative project, shows they're not huge job creators, and in some cases in New Brunswick we've been figh

February 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Christopher Smillie

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. I think some sort of overarching framework is required. Our organization has views similar to those of industry, and I think you're bang on. That's exactly what we need. At the end of the day, we have vast resources in our country. We have to figure out a way to move

February 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Christopher Smillie

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for your question. The apprenticeship system in Canada relies on employment. In construction it's not a system whereby young people sit in a classroom for four years. For a construction apprentice, it's basically the same in the 14 industrial trades; it's 80% on-the-j

February 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Christopher Smillie

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Good morning, Chair, members of the committee, fellow witnesses—it's Larry's first time—and guests. It's my pleasure to come to you today to try to give you a “tip of the spear” view of what pipelines writ large mean to regular people in Canada, what they mean to job

February 7th, 2012Committee meeting

Christopher Smillie