I'm probably not the one to comment on clean electricity regulations specifically.
Do we have the workforce today? I would say no. One thing you probably noted in my comments is that we're going to have to start working on growing our capacity to train that workforce.
I was speaking with one of your colleagues over here. We mentioned that it takes four to five years for any of the technical roles in this industry to come to full competence, whether it's skilled trades training, engineering or information communications technology. Those are engineering programs, skilled trades programs and technician-technologist programs. We need big investment, really, if we're going to do that for the youth.
There are interim pathways we could look at, such as foreign credential recognition for folks who are not working in the domain of expertise they worked in overseas, for example. We could be drawing them in faster with appropriate programming to ensure they meet the requirements of the Canadian standards for those occupations. We would have to spend some time building out pathways to help those folks enter the industry. That would be my suggestion.
The last piece is that “workers in transition” piece—folks exiting other industries who could join our industry and who have similar skill sets. With some upskilling, you don't have that four-year or five-year talent block on new entrants who have never worked in a technical role before.