Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Gentlemen, thank you all for being here.
Let me follow up on both Mr. Cuzner's line of questioning and Mr. Mayes as well.
One of the things with the LMDA that we struggle with in our partnership with the provinces is whether we set tough, rigorous, federal or national standards, or we allow maximum flexibility in these agreements as we sign them with each province. Depending on who our witnesses have been, there's been a bit of both. I'd like your take on it.
As an example, you talked about this issue of mobility of training, where you train in one province but it may not be recognized, or you may not be able to take that skill set and apply it in another province where the work is available. So does the federal government set strong, rigorous, national standards in the LMDA that require provinces to recognize that training and those skill sets, or do we err on the side of maximum flexibility in these agreements with provinces, recognizing that there are vast regional differences both in the labour market and the jobs that are available, depending on what province you're in.
I'd like each of your perspectives on strong, rigorous, national standards, or maximum flexibility, as we sign these agreements with individual provinces. I'd be interested in each of your organization's perspectives on where you balance that out.