One thing that we have heard across Canada in our round table consultations is that there might be a lot of programs out there that are very good programs, but many young people do not know about them. They have no idea that they exist. In one round table that we had here in Ottawa, there was a discussion around a program called BizPaL. No entrepreneur in the room knew that it existed. There was also another one, a business innovation program. No entrepreneur knew that it existed. Clearly, there is a challenge there that needs to be addressed. While there are lots of wonderful programs, they need to be out there in a very coordinated way and easily accessible so people are aware that they exist.
One thing that a few round tables had suggested is perhaps the government can take a look at more promotion to help build awareness around the types of programs that are out there.