I know it is a difficult thing, obviously. You're limited by the Constitution and a whole bunch of other political realities, but there are a couple of things you could do.
First, HRSDC plays a significant role in terms of labour market issues across Canada and informing people about what's going on. There is a role at a bureaucratic level to have a better understanding of labour market realities, educating the different provinces about what's going on, and trying to be a coordinator of what really is happening in the real world.
A lot of times there's a disconnect between industry and government as well as, and we talked about it before, between industry and the education system. There is a role for the federal government to play in terms of coordination.
There's another thing that helps an awful lot. When the federal government takes a leadership role in something, even if it's outside its specific jurisdiction, it can have a lot of influence on public opinion as well as provincial political opinion in terms of where things are going.
I've heard the Prime Minister speak on skills issues quite a bit. It was a big preoccupation of his when we met with him before. I know it is an issue for the government as a whole and not just one party. It is something in which there is a strong role for the government to play in terms of promoting the skills, and the needs, and the economic realities of not backfilling where the gap is today, in the same way that Germany has.
There are obviously ways, and you mentioned incentivizing industry. You can do some of that stuff, but there is more of a moral or a public role that the federal government could play in terms of coordinating and promoting these things, as well.