Thank you. We certainly are very encouraged by what's happening in the natural gas field.
Mr. Dayler, I want to speak to you. It's good to see you again.
You've mentioned that we've missed an opportunity. You've acknowledge this too, but I just want to mention that our government, since 2006, has invested more than $10 billion annually in students and education, including $3 billion in transfers to the provinces. Of course, the provinces administer education.
We've heard repeatedly in testimony from a number of different organizations and different fields, especially in the extraction industries, be it mining or oil or gas, about the shortages they are experiencing right now and about the shortages looming in the future.
What have we done wrong? Are we missing the boat? Are we not producing the people we need for these areas? And where is the shortfall? Is there something we can do federally, maybe, to coordinate a better plan in our post-secondary education?