Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Both of my parents were Red Seal tradespeople. Some of the most brilliant people I've ever met in my entire life—hard-working people—have been tradespeople.
For more than 10 years, your government vilified energy workers and made all kinds of heinous statements against oil sands workers and the energy industry in general. I fully agree that we need to have more tradespeople. That is clear. Conservatives have been saying that the entire time. I'm glad to see you have finally come on board with regard to this.
However, do you not think that the actions of your government and the cabinet you've sat in for the last 10 years have something to do with the fact that people aren't going into the trades? You were saying that the gendered impact of the construction industry was having impacts on communities and noted all of the other stuff that was keeping young people from going into the trades because they didn't see a future in those industries.