As we implement the Canada job grant for skills training, those people who have been in those trades and are older workers could be a great asset to furthering the mentoring of tradespeople.
This is something that has been brought up in my constituency, where there's the opening of the new mines, and the oil and gas sector. Young people are going out to these jobs. It would be a real asset to have a person who had been in that trade at some time to mentor the young people who are going into these different training programs.
Is there any way we can somehow encourage that? For the government I'm sure it would be a partnership with the corporate sector, but also as part of that initiative I think this would be a real advantage for that program.