I appreciate that.
The other point I was going to ask you about, and I think most of you touched on it, is that I think there's no question that we've undervalued these career options. I mentioned the other day that I have a composite high school in my riding. It has been very successful with programs such as Skills Canada, for example, but they're actually thinking of closing the entire composite part of the high school, which is incredible. We had a group of students who started a robotics program in the school, and Skills Canada.... They made it to the worlds and had no support to go to the worlds, despite having global companies waiting to hire them once they were there to compete.
I'm not familiar with the Future Building program, but I found a quote of yours that I thought was interesting: “People think that...you get into the trades you're stuck with a hammer and a drill for the next 30 years, but that's actually not the case.”
What are we missing here in terms of promoting these programs? I think you touched on it. It's not just at high school. We need to be talking about these at the elementary level, so that teachers and guidance counsellors understand the potential careers that are available and the wages that go with them.
I guess we have to work with the provinces on this, but are there some programs or initiatives we could be undertaking to highlight them at that level as well?