Thank you to our witnesses for being here today.
When we conducted our pre-budget consultations across the country, we heard from employers across the country about their difficulties in finding skilled labour. There definitely were regions that had more difficulty than others, regions like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland, but it was generally across the country and across the board that employers told us over and over again that they had difficulty finding skilled labour.
I want to ask whether you have studied the skills gap here in Canada.