Thank you very much.
Whether these projects are private sector or public sector, it really doesn't matter. These projects will require thousands and thousands of tradespeople to build them. In the public sphere, there's always talk of a shortage of skilled labour. We can see this coming. People my age are aging out of the work, so we do need to train. We need to get as many apprentices on these jobs as possible. Our position is that project labour agreements with built-in standards for the number of apprentices, the number of indigenous people and under-represented groups, etc., will help get that skilled labour up to the point where we need it.
You mentioned your experience. I have lots of experience working on these projects. Prior to this job I'm in now, I was 10 years working in camps on major projects. The turnover rate and the number of people required to build these is monstrous. You're a 4,000-person camp, and you might have 6,000 or 8,000 people working on each project.
It's really important—the amount of money that has been put forward for training. It's helping all of our building trades expand their training capability and fulfill the mandate of building this country.