Regarding the academic versus trades debate, I would say it's probably changing. I think it's good that young people have access to all the information, as you say. There are other barriers to people going into the trades as well. Certainly, in Ontario and in the east, the training ratios, which are governed provincially, are a block to small and medium-sized business training for their needs. If you have to have three journeyperson electricians to train one in your business, that's not very easy.
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