One of the things someone mentioned was the mobility of the workforce. I can think of nothing better than a mobile workforce trained that will be prepared to move across the country when the downturn comes. But I'm particularly concerned.
I think you used De Beers as an example, as they're involved in that. They have the site, they're actually participating in education, but what they've done to fit in more employees--and I want your thoughts on this--is that they've downgraded many of the positions. I'm not sure if I'm using the right term, but what they've said is, say there are 600 people who are going to be working at this site--I'm just using a number; I don't know what it is--and 50 of those people do not have to have a high school education. What they've said now is, considering the workforce there, with the amount of work they can do now, 125 don't need a high school education.
What can we do in that field? How can we provide the high school education in those areas for the people above the 125, the 475 people who are going to be involved? We know we're not going to get all the engineers and highly skilled trades out of there, but how do we start that process now?
De Beers started early. They had a few setbacks, mainly because of red tape. But how do we start that now, considering that there could be thousands of jobs in northern Ontario that no one is educated for at this point? So how do we get going now?