Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
To Mr. Knight, there was mention of a national learning strategy. In terms of having such a strategy, I would anticipate a number of problems, a number of challenges, with that. Heck, we can't even get a national securities regulator in this country, let alone having a national learning strategy.
I think what we need is more of a belief that education is a lifelong process and not something that ends when you're finished at 22, when you finish college or when you finish university and have your B.A. or master's or Ph.D.; that education continues throughout life. This is the sort of cultural attitude that we need to instill in people as we move forward.
I was very intrigued with a lot of the things you were saying. The access to skilled labour is a monumental problem for our country and it's just going to get worse. You're so right that we cannot depend entirely on immigration to solve that problem for us.
Now, we are making revisions to the immigration process. It's going to be more labour demand-oriented. Nevertheless, it's still not going to solve our problem.
You talked about over 900,000 people between the ages of 15 and 29. Again, it's a huge problem. If you could solve that problem today, what plan would you have for those 15- to 29-year-olds that would address that problem?