We can't help but notice the activity in and around our communities. Of course, we want our young people to achieve some sort of designation to continue their livelihood and to have the opportunity to collaborate with industry and maybe be provided with federal resources for more training.
During COVID, we had the site reclamation program here. Unfortunately with COVID, we were only allowed to do 20 students per classroom, but we educated over 300 students, and they were hired walking right out of the door to help with site reclamation in their communities. That's where the support should be.
Gurpreet and I are part of an organization called the Canadian Energy Executive Association. We've gone to post-secondary institutions and talked about how important it is that they take their place in the natural resource sector and energy sector. At one time, there was fearmongering about oil and bitumen, which were villainized somewhat, and about how bad pipelines are for the country, but we've realized that's the strength of Canada and of what we do here, so advocating in those spaces is very important.
We had some good outreach in all forms of energy, be it nuclear, hydro or whatever you talk about. It's important that the dialogue continue among the parties of government, industry and our communities to ensure that we take advantage of what we have in our areas.