These are highly skilled jobs. I've named some of the work that our members do. It's not just in oil and gas extraction; it's in maintaining the distribution pipelines, all of that work as well. We proudly represent nuclear engineers and scientists at Candu, so throughout the energy sector we have a lot of members and a variety of experience representing different types of workplaces and jobs.
We have to continue to train for the energy sector. We are seeing massive expansion in Ontario alone, for example, in the area of nuclear. It has been very good to see that being added to the mix of our energy resiliency here in Canada. This requires people to have all sorts of skills, so we have to make sure that our educational institutions are properly and well funded to support the training in the energy sector.
I go back to this other side as well. It is about making sure that we keep the facilities and the production that we have so that we can expand.
On the chemical side of things, I'm not seeing the kind of resiliency we want to see. We've lost a number of workplaces that were providing important outputs, things we use in our daily lives that we need to have. If we're wanting to build a more sovereign nation, we have to look at all of these aspects of production in our country. Our members understand exactly how important it is to be self-sufficient in those areas.
We need to examine our supply chain from across the entire energy spectrum and make sure that we're building a more resilient energy sector in Canada for the use of Canadians so that we are in all the places we can be and less dependent on the world around us. I think we all agree that the world is a very challenging place right now.