Were you asking me specifically?
I didn't address this too much. However, in terms of skills training, if we look at the type of people working in the manufacturing sector today, they're people with almost no education, no training, no specific or higher training. A lot of them don't even have a high school diploma. Many of them can't speak English or French. I'm talking about core manufacturing, about people who've come from other countries and who depend on this. Are you going to tell the 55- or 56-year-old woman, who is single, most likely, and who has three children at home, to go back to school to recycle herself so that she can work in the service sector because that's the industry we're saying we're going to focus on?
I'm sure there's a lot we can do, and some is being done in the various industries, on skills development. However, it's not the only solution. It is, probably, for some specific industries, but it's not for apparel. It is the case a little bit in the textile industry. That's one thing I would like people here to understand: the distinction between apparel and textile manufacturing. They're not at all the same thing, and I'll take a little bit of time just because every time I say this people's eyes open up.
Textile production is the weaving of thread to make the tissue, and apparel production begins with the cutting of the textile. As soon as it touches scissors, it becomes apparel. So there's a clear difference between the apparel industry and the textile industry. In the textile industry there is more training. The workers are most likely men. I'm still looking in Quebec, because a lot of the jobs are in Quebec, so they're Québécois, and they are living in the regions. In the apparel industry, we're talking about women. We're talking about immigrants. We're talking about Montreal. It's completely different.
I'm not sure, but I'm probably not responding to your question directly. Maybe somebody here can give you what you're looking for.