Thank you.
I'll start with perhaps a couple of general observations and then others may have something they would like to contribute.
Much of the skills agenda falls to counterparts in Employment and Social Development Canada who have more direct levers with respect to some of the activities.
I would say that for a department like Industry Canada, the skills gap overall is an important issue that we spend a great deal of time thinking about and thinking about how to assist with skills gaps either in various sectors or various regions.
We have, as a government, different ways that we work with provinces and territories; for example, supporting post-secondary education. One of them is the recent knowledge infrastructure program. And as I mentioned in my opening remarks, a significant amount of money went to official language minority communities, universities, or colleges. That greatly enhances the ability for young people to get education in the language of their choice, often in the community of their choice, and to stay in that community if they put down roots or decide to move back to wherever they came from.
I think that broadly it's an important area that we're thinking about, and there are some direct tools that we can use, such as supporting some of these universities and colleges. But much of the direct programming falls to counterparts in other departments.