This growth is all based on partnerships. There's only one taxpayer and we need to work together.
We had Mayor Savage here this morning, from Halifax. We are working with our provincial partners, and obviously the federal component across the country, which includes our post-secondary institutions. We'll hear from St. Mary's and Dalhousie representatives later this afternoon.
One of the comments we heard from witnesses today, and throughout different testimonies, is the challenge of skilled labour with our aging workforce, not only for the future but today.
From the CME perspective, do you think the private sector can play a bigger role in working with our provincial partners to train up our future workforce so they can get the skill sets upon graduation to be employed, rather than graduate with a piece of paper and not being able to fit into the workplace?