I can't stress enough how the money to UTIP, for the bricks and mortar, is going to be a game-changer. Right now—and I know I only speak for operating engineers—with all the trades, we are at capacity. We are turning people away at the door. We just don't have the size to train people. Now the opportunity to expand our training centres will be essential because we can get more people through the system to become apprentices and get them working.
One thing I mentioned was that, with operating engineers, if you want to become an apprentice, there's a 99% success rate. You will get a job, and you will work. For that small percentage who don't, the job is not for them. They leave. Again, compared to those who go through apprenticeship programs, non-union, you're looking at an under 50% success rate. If you want to be an apprentice in Canada in the trades, going through a union training centre is the way to go.
