Thank you all for being here today.
I always find this kind of conversation about the trades interesting. I would be really interested to know how it differs regionally across Canada. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan. The small city I was born in was basically built on the trades. We are an oil and agriculture community, as is my whole riding.
I am a power engineer. I have my fourth class steam ticket. I don't know if this is a family thing, but I was always taught to get a trade first and then go to university. You get your ticket first. No one can take your ticket away. Go to university, find out you can't get a job and then you've got.... Seriously. That's how it was talked about in school.
I always have a ticket, which gives me this knowledge. Power engineering is electrical, plumbing, instrumentation, turbines, generators and boilers—I have an understanding.