 First of all, I want to thank Marianne for her kind introduction and thanks for all the incredible work she does as your Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labor. I know everyone in the room appreciates the hard work you do to Marianne. Thank you. Also, I have to thank the event organizers both for putting on a great conference and for inviting me back. This is the fourth year in a row that I've been able to join you and I'm looking forward to going five for five next year. But today, obviously, we have to start on a serious note with a few words about Fort McMurray. I know that the ongoing devastation taking place there is on the minds of many Canadians right now. That's true for my family and I know it's true for yours too, especially for all your members who work in, live in and love Fort McMurray. Thinking of Kevin Thomas. Are you here, Kevin? Yeah. Operating engineers who is, you know, worried about his home and his future but we're all here for you, Kevin and for everyone from your community. I want you to know that our government is working closely with Premier Naughtley and the local authorities to continually assess the situation. We know that help is needed right now and will be needed for months and years to come and we're looking for ways to help. I know that you are too and I want to thank you in advance for all the hard work you and all your members will be doing hopefully very soon to help make Fort McMurray a great and growing community once again. We need you there, Kevin needs you there, Fort McMurray needs you there. We need you to rebuild the roads and the houses from carpentry to concrete, from plumbing to power lines. We need your help and I'm tremendously reassured to know that when it comes time to rebuild Fort McMurray, we will have you on our side. In the meantime, your hard work and ours goes on. Notre gouvernement est maintenant au pouvoir depuis un peu plus de six mois, un six mois très occupé. Je vais vous parler de ce qu'on a réussi à accomplir en peu de temps, de ce que ces réalisations représentent pour vos membres et pour le cœur de l'économie canadienne, la classe moyenne. L'investissement historique que nous faisons dans l'infrastructure est l'une de nos grandes réussites. Au cours des dix prochaines années, notre gouvernement investira plus de 120 milliards de dollars dans le transport en commun, l'infrastructure verte et l'infrastructure sociale. There are many reasons why investing 120 billion dollars in public transit, green infrastructure and social infrastructure makes sense for Canada and for Canadians. Investing in infrastructure creates good, well-paying jobs that help the middle class grow and prosper today. Investing in infrastructure also makes it easier to move people and products, something we need for sustained economic growth. And investing in infrastructure in things like affordable housing and community centres also builds strong communities, the kind of places we're all proud to call home. And of course, you and your members have a critical role to play in all of this. We need your skills, your expertise, your work ethic and your help to get the job done. One thing that we know doesn't help is legislation that makes it more difficult for unions to organise and support their members. That's why some of the very first meetings I had as a prime minister were with groups who represent Canadian workers. In that meeting with Hob and Robert, here with me today, they impressed upon me as they were filling their year-end filings. Just the urgency and the importance of addressing C-377 and C-525 right away. And that's what we did right away in Bill C-4, and it was because of you. A few weeks after our meeting, I met with your leaders, including Robert Kutcherian and Robert Blakely, to hear your concerns. And you heard us well and well. After lowering the family taxes, as we promised, we came down with anti-sindical laws from the previous government. It's one of the first measures we took. Our C-4 bill will allow two previous bills, C-377 and C-525, to be signed unfairly. My friends, the government I'm talking about doesn't respect unions. We believe that all Canadians benefit when there is a fair and balanced approach to labour relations, and I'm very proud that we're advancing legislation and an approach that will restore that balance. In our recent budget, we also increased federal investments in training and employment programs to help Canadians get the skills they need to build a better future for themselves and for their families. Part of this plan includes investments to strengthen union-based apprenticeship training. We know that apprentices work and learn in a variety of settings, including through union-based training centres. That's why we're investing more than $85 million over five years to better support union-based apprenticeship training. Among other things, these investments are intended to help purchase or upgrade equipment and better leverage innovative training approaches, so that apprentices will have greater access to modern training and hands-on learning opportunities. This is good news for apprentices, for their prospective employers and for every Canadian who will benefit from the good work that a better-trained, better-skilled workforce can provide. Now, I want to leave some time for your questions, and there's a couple of mics here, so I'm going to wrap up very shortly. But I want to acknowledge just a few things before I finish. First, I want to congratulate your membership on their support of two important, inclusive and successful programs, Build Together and Helmets to Hard Hats. Together, these programs encourage and support the greater participation of women and veterans in skilled construction trades. Thank you for all that you do. As you know, I believe that we're a country strong not in spite of our differences, but because of them. And it's wonderful to see an industry like yours doing its part to help build a more inclusive workforce. Merci beaucoup. Now I hope in the last few minutes I've been able to give you a sense of what our government has been able to accomplish so far. But as I said, it's only been six months. There's a lot more hard work ahead of us than there is behind us. But I'm still proud of what we've been able to do. We're making historic investments in infrastructure. We're putting an end to legislation that unfairly targets unions. We're supporting greater training in the skilled trades, including union-based apprenticeship training. And next week, here's a little sneak preview, we'll be announcing how we intend to implement more of our budget commitments, this time around better supporting electric and alternative fuel vehicles, infrastructure projects that your membership will help build. Nous passons à l'action maintenant parce que c'est la bonne chose à faire pour notre économie et pour les Canadiens. Au nom du gouvernement et de tous les Canadiens, je veux vous remercier de travailler aussi fort. Chaque jour, nous pouvons constater à quel point votre travail est important. Merci de m'avoir reçu ici aujourd'hui. Thank you for your hard work every day building a better future, building stronger communities, building a better Canada. Merci beaucoup. I look forward to your questions.