Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for some really interesting and thought-provoking testimony.
My questions will be for Mr. Nighbor.
I want to discuss three distinct issues with you. The first is how we talk about vocations in the natural resource sectors, and in forestry in particular. The second is building homes where jobs are. The third is credential recognition as it relates to your sector.
On the first issue, it seems to me that some of the discourse from the government and other social actors has been quite negative about natural resource sectors, forestry included. That discourse has an impact on young people who are considering what areas to pursue their studies in. If you have authority figures telling you that something is a job of the past, it's going to be harder to attract people into those sectors, when in fact our natural resource sectors are the lifeblood of our economy and we need people to pursue those careers.
What are your reflections on that discourse around natural resource vocations specifically?