Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I appreciate that.
I appreciate the witnesses being here. I especially appreciate Ms. Matsui. I think in many ways you are a role model for young women. So thank you for being here and for sharing your story.
One of the things that I think is so important is that we find a way to help young women and young girls dream of being involved in the trades and in non-traditional roles. I think that's probably where we need to start, because if we don't see that happen, we won't have women who are grown....
Right now, young girls can imagine themselves as doctors and lawyers, but they aren't really imagining themselves involved in trades and craftsmanship. I actually just recently read an article about how, overall, we have undervalued the tremendous contribution labour and craftsmanship skills provide to our society and our economy. I think we're reaping that right now with the huge shortage of skilled labour we have. Right now, we're seeing it even more so with women being involved in non-traditional roles.
I'm wondering if you can tell us a little bit about what you do and what your group does to educate young women, specifically young girls, even at the elementary level. Is there a program right now that is working to educate and inspire young girls to get involved? As I said, I'm thinking more about programs aimed at the elementary and high school levels as opposed to older young women.