Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I would like to thank you very much for being here today. I cannot tell you how proud I am to be from Laval and to be able to say that Le Chantier is in my riding. The work being done there is exceptional.
You referred to a training course which is scheduled for 2010, “Madame bricole tout”. That is of particular interest to me because, in my opinion, one of the factors that makes young women take the plunge and choose a non-traditional occupation is when their mothers talk to them about it.
Now I am almost 60 and I am still afraid of hammers. I have five paintings on a desk at my home here in Hull. I bought a hammer and nails but the five paintings have been on my desk for three months. I am not going to hang them up, someone else will have to do it.
As girls we learned how to play with dolls while our brothers were learning how to play with hammers, screwdrivers, pliers and so on. I think that, by offering this kind of training, and by building awareness among women's groups like Les cercles de fermières, we may have a chance of convincing more young women to opt for the non-traditional occupations.
I do not know. I am just putting the idea out there. You are already so busy that it would not be right for us to find more projects for you. But I want your success to be even greater. I am thinking in terms of a network. There are networks for business women, but is there a network for women in non-traditional occupations where they can work collaboratively and encourage each other once they get a job?