If I may add to that, Mr. Luymes is correct in quoting that report, but that report was based on a scenario that we would build a million homes in less than 10 years, so that's not happening.
The notion that trade shortages are forever thus, or skilled trade shortages, is not the problem. The problem, really, is trade optimization. Trade shortages don't occur with all trades in all regions at all times. Brother Reynolds knows that his own local in Manitoba has high unemployment, but here we are talking about skilled trade shortages across the country when we have a couple of hundred electricians who are looking for work.
The issue is really important in terms of coordinating the requirement for construction workers, predominantly on large-scale industrial projects and large-scale infrastructure projects. We need to put together a labour supply coordinating committee so we can figure out how many tradespeople are needed, in what trades, when and where, for what job, where they are available and how we're going to get them there. We don't have that kind of sophisticated analysis in Canada. BuildForce does a good job at a very macro level based on scenarios and hypotheses, but not in real time. We need labour analysis around labour market requirements in real time—fluid, boots-on-the-ground, real-time analysis. I've been pushing for this since the creation of the Major Projects Office.
