That is a complicated issue. Our experience has been that there aren't a lot of skilled tradespeople immigrating to Canada. Most of the immigration is not coming from countries where they have a formalized apprenticeship program. We're not getting immigrants from Germany, where they have probably a more advanced apprenticeship program than we do in Canada. We're not getting waves of immigration from Germany or countries that have this. A lot of the immigration is coming from countries where the education levels are lower than those in Canada, so I'm not too sure that is a solution. There might be immigrants who want to come and enter the construction trades as an occupation, but I don't think there are a whole lot of skilled tradespeople who are waiting to come to Canada.
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