Mr. Speaker, for a couple of years now, I have been hearing from constituents about how it is difficult to get apprenticeships. I have also heard about the long-term projections that show us we need young people to consider entering the skilled trades.
I wonder why the emphasis the government placed on apprenticeships in this years' budget could not have been put into previous year's budgets. Why has the government waited so long to put out a budget that has an emphasis on apprenticeships?
The reason why I ask this is it seems we are paying the price now. I was talking to somebody from Windsor who was saying that the automobile industry was going gangbusters now and that there were auto parts suppliers in Windsor that did not have enough people to do the work that they could be doing. This is because of a lack of people in the skilled trades.