These are highly skilled jobs, and as a comparison, in the Canadian manufacturing sector the average wage is $54,000 a year and in chemicals writ large, it's $72,000. That's a 32% advantage. In industrial chemicals, and that's what we represent, the average salary is nearly $100,000, and that's a 77% markup on the Canadian manufacturing average. These are very high-skilled, high-paying jobs.
Certainly, engineers in all sciences—tech, engineering, and mathematics—are very important. We work with a number of the colleges, especially in the Sarnia area, and also at the University of Alberta and elsewhere. The skilled trades are important.
I would say that if you had asked that question three years ago, it would have been issue number one. In the current state of the economy, it's not as pressing, but it's recognized that when the economy gets back to a healthy level, above 2%, the skills shortage will be very real again.
All of the key trades that one could expect, especially plant operators.... I think it's important to remember, though, that these are not second-rate jobs.