Hello, Mr. Austin. I feel a need to tell you that my father worked in the uranium mines in Elliot Lake. That's where I was born. When I was two, we moved to Sudbury, where he worked in the nickel mines.
Earlier this week, this committee heard from Mr. Gil McGowan, who is the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. That federation represents 28 affiliated unions and over 170,000 workers across Alberta. In a recent report, Mr. McGowan recommended that the province “skate to where the puck is going”. He said, “This is a once-in-a-century opportunity to establish new industries in Alberta.”
I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this approach to economic diversification and development.