Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll start with Mr. Telford. As we've been pointing out, we will only really get energy export diversification with a better labour force. Listening to the testimony I was thinking of this in relation to two things: one, the apprenticeship grants, which have been done for the last few years, etc., and the government's still rolling out of the education grants announced in the new budget.
Thinking first of the apprenticeship grants, do you have any commentary on how those have worked or not worked for apprentices coming in and for your membership?
Also, what advice would you give with this new education program being rolled out by the government or new job training grants that are coming out? Again, they're not fully formed. How would they help to meet the needs that you see? What advice would you give? I know we're not the human resources committee, but what is the basic advice you would give so that we can meet the needs that we've been talking about today?