I would echo my colleague's comments that the main focus is within the policies, so if we tweak the policies, the business response will be commensurate with those changes.
We've seen a lot of investments in the training capacity of our organized construction sector to enhance the ability of our affiliates to train the workers we'll need for the projects that are coming forward. In terms of meeting that capacity, the investments from the UTIP program and from the provincial skills development fund programs are all meant to augment the existing structure we have, whereby our workers and employers jointly contribute to our apprenticeship training trusts.
We have a very good infrastructure in place. I think really we need to zero in on our international trade agreement obligations and prioritize Canadian workers on that front, and also we need to focus on our general immigration policy, our existing temporary foreign worker program and our international mobility program. A lot of workers are coming in through those programs.
Investing in our workforce and giving Canadian workers the opportunity to go through an apprenticeship on a major project will have spinoff effects locally in the community for years and decades to come. It won't just create jobs; it will create careers for people who will become certified journeypersons at the end of their apprenticeships.
Mr. Danko, I would say to you, we have the infrastructure in place. I think we just need to make some adjustments in terms of how we prioritize the hiring of the people doing the work where the investment is being commissioned.
