Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm going to split my time with Karen.
I just had a couple of thoughts. I'll make a comment first.
In terms of the infrastructure funding that goes out at any time, you talked about affordable housing and those types of issues. That money normally transfers to the provinces, and the municipalities work with the provinces to determine where the infrastructure dollars will go.
I'm a farmer. I'm in agriculture. We had this discussion the other day about some of the issues women face in agriculture. My comment would be that I'm more interested in seeing how we can encourage women to get involved in some industries so that they do get equal.... Can I get your thoughts on that?
For example, in agriculture, we need agrologists; we need engineers; we need veterinarians; we need chemists; we need skilled trades; we need program designers; we need all of those things. One of our challenges is not only to get people in general, but also women in particular to go into these skilled trades such as agriculture, where there is a demand. You go into it; you come out; there's a job. Drive by construction sites and you will see women involved, driving excavators or packers, doing things that men just always did. Those are skilled trades. They pay well.
I'd like to get your thoughts on how we can encourage that part of it. Everybody else is talking about some of the benefits. We need to address those, but I'm trying to get from you how we get women to realize that this is a great opportunity for them to get involved in something that would be successful for their career.
I'd ask you all to take a run at it, if you like.