Absolutely.
I don't often have the opportunity to answer questions in French. And so I may have to use certain acronyms in English. I am asking you to be patient with me.
The pan-Canadian framework has a very specific section. If you look at the framework you will see a list of priority occupations. We were asked to work with directors who work with people in these trades groups. In English, this is the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship, the CCDA, who work with tradespeople. Essentially, we are going to try to identify occupations which... Naturally if we can extend the mandate beyond 2012—I dare hope that we will do so—we will be discussing including these trades groups. We must absolutely dedicate our efforts to that. Because we can see very clearly, on the list of professions, that there will be labour shortages, we see that the trades are one sector where we are going to have to focus our efforts. The framework recognizes this explicitly and we have several projects at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada wherein people work directly with some of these trades groups.
These may not be exactly trades groups as you define them, but we have a sector council in the area of tourism, for instance. Naturally, I am talking about people who are chefs, cooks, servers. These are professions that may not be regulated necessarily in a very specific way but they are clearly trades where there will be needs in the future.
We shared your concerns, quite specifically.