Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's great to be in Fredericton to hear this group. One of the great things about this panel is the interesting juxtaposition, of course. You have some national organizations here and a local perspective with respect to economic development.
One of the very common refrains, and to be honest one of the most confounding things, we have encountered as we go across the country—in Mr. Albas' home province, Mr. Aboultaif's home province, and I expect all over the country—is the skills gap.
Mr. Shaw and Mr. Seabrook, you addressed this to some extent locally. Perhaps I would like to start quickly by having you describe for us the Fredericton or the New Brunswick perspective on people without jobs and jobs without people, and perhaps illustrate for us how that problem is felt here.