I was in Fort McMurray last week, and the average salary in Fort McMurray is $100,000 a year. The average family household income in Fort McMurray is $190,000 a year. At the same time, the companies up there are still starving for workers, starving for skilled trades. What about an advertising campaign targeted at youth, at people my son's age, to encourage them to get into the skilled trades? Alberta's one thing in terms of helping to drive the Canadian economy, but even in Newfoundland and Labrador, my province, we have projects which are just starving for skilled trades. In terms of an advertising campaign, do you have anything up your sleeve?
On October 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.