I want to change the subject slightly.
There was a comment that there's a lack of interest among first nations and women and that generally some of the disciplines would be more popular than others. I want to ask about the importance of our natural resources.
About three years ago, I believe, the environment committee paid a visit to the oil sands. No matter what political party was represented, the common comment was it was very different from what we expected, and engineering played a major part in that. The appearance of the oil sands has changed dramatically, even within the last three years. How the tailings ponds are now being handled has dramatically changed, as well as the life of a tailings pond. Now reclamation can happen much more quickly.
When things as controversial and as important to the Canadian economy as oil sands and pipelines are criticized, does that affect the interest of people wanting to get into that discipline? It is such an important field.