Thank you very much.
Again, thank you for your presentations.
Mr. LaRue, you talked about the Red Seal program. I know that in the audience today we also have Christopher Smillie, who's the senior advisor, government relations and public affairs, for the building and construction trades. I happen to have his testimony here as well. I'm just trying to get some sense, because there seems to be a void there. We know there's a shortage in skilled labour, especially in the construction field. One of the things he had talked about was that he wanted to see the Red Seal exam be administered overseas and on an ongoing basis, including every other week in the United States. The other thing he had mentioned was that there needed to be more trades that should be included on the list. Basically, his words were:
We need...more trade to go through this process and if Canada decides what competencies are required where, the easier it will be to determine who else in the world has these qualifications. Canada is in competition with the rest of the world to attract investment.
Based on that, I have a couple of questions here. I'm just wondering what specific things have been done to examine skilled trades from the U.S.