Human Resources committee  The first question you asked I think is the key one: How do we attract people into these occupations? I think the answer is that it's the same way we attract people into any occupation; that is, the occupations are seen to be and are reliably rewarding for the people who enter them.

Human Resources committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for inviting me to address this committee. My name is John Meredith. I'm a consultant on skills policy and an adjunct professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. I'm also a past apprentice, Red Seal tradesman, and vocational educator.