I need to take just a second, Mr. Chair, because we're living in real time, and I just got a real shock. I just got a text that a friend of mine passed away in an ambulance on the way to the hospital five minutes ago. I'm just a shade distracted.
This is an important opportunity for us. Mr. Severin, you talked about temporary workers, and Brian Jean talks about labour mobility. He's fighting for this and talking about it all the time.
We understand the short supply of labour in Alberta, but how can we call them temporary workers when there's just a cycle going around and around? Why don't we offer these people the opportunity to become Canadian citizens, to bring their families here and build?
Mr. Watkins hit on something I think is really important—and it's good to see you again, sir—Red Seal tradespersons, and this idea of a training tax credit to get them. I know that it's a critical need. For those who may not know Red Seal, that's the highest level you get, and it's a guarantee of the quality of service the employer is going to get from these workers. I want to thank Mr. Watkins for bringing that forward, and perhaps you two could have a conversation afterwards on it.
Everybody is agreeing these days about the volatility of the global economy and the potential risk to Canada's economic growth. This is an area again that's of significant importance to Alberta. What are your thoughts about safeguards that the federal government should put into place to protect us from the potential eurozone economic problems, or even the worsening of the American economy?
