Thank you, Chair, and my thanks to the witnesses for being here.
I really did appreciate your presentation. The words that caught me referred to developing real-world skills, such as communications, project management, and overall business acumen.
We had witnesses earlier who said there wasn't a labour shortage; there was a skills shortage. As I see some of the demand for people in the future, one of the things we should look at is the sectors, and how we can do things better with fewer people.
I was also impressed with your second point—to increase collaboration between industry and academia to ensure that curricula are more relevant and current to the needs of industry.
I'm from British Columbia, and today a mill that used to have 125 people is down to 30 people because they have programs that automatically pile lumber, cut lumber, and that type of thing. Are you communicating that connection between the various sectors and our universities, and finding ways to decrease the number of people we need through automation and innovation?