I attended the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum earlier this year. There's what I think is a pretty compelling study that shows the benefits to employers of hiring apprentices, even from the beginning. I like the distinction that was made between foreign workers and new immigrants and new Canadians and supporting those efforts and so on. I appreciated the comments you made about this not being about not wanting foreign workers to come to Canada.
On November 8th, 2006. See this statement in context.