I appreciate your comments. In a way, I look at Moncton as a model. Again, I don't want to lose the point here about our most vulnerable and the need for housing and support programs for them, but once that step is taken, to really take off and flourish in the workforce, as I witnessed here.... As you mentioned, bilingualism is a huge attraction for a corporation. There's no doubt about that. There was also the reference to then Premier McKenna and his commitment to the IT infrastructure, which is a huge component of that as well.
The one interesting thing, which rang a bell here when I looked at the comments you made about training and labour, is that we had trouble filling some of our high-tech positions. I think that lends itself very well to some of the programs we've put into our economic action plan around training people who are already in the workforce to upgrade their skills. Also, to really hit back at employment equity for both males and females, it's really an IT economy in Moncton, as I see it. That was what our business was. It was a software company and they're very gender-neutral on pay equity. On programmers, project managers, program managers, it's very equal; it's not labourer employment.
That's why I was very excited to be coming out to Moncton to hear about this, because I know there are a lot of good things. There are some very serious issues, but there are a lot of ways to see the glass as half full.
Thank you.