Through the chair, thank you, Mr. McLeod, for the question.
You're absolutely right that there are opportunities for Canada to achieve positive outcomes with increased labour force participation among indigenous Canadians. We could achieve so much: economic development within communities, self-sufficiency within communities, and greater support for economic activity overall.
The proposal around something oriented toward the employer specifically is that it enables the development of skills to be tightly aligned to what the needs are within the workplace. We have a variety of different funding mechanisms that follow the individual. What this would do is make sure that if there's a need for pipefitters, welders, brewmasters, or whatever it might be, you can actually get that tied to the company, and then the company can deploy those dollars in support of the specific occupations they need. I agree that there are huge opportunities to tie that to projects that exist all across this country, enabling greater employment and skills development among indigenous Canadians.
As to the issue of travelling to where the work is, one of the other options to consider is that, in addition to being a skills development investment, it could also be an investment in some of the wraparound supports that enable people to achieve stable employment. That might be child care, elder care, transportation support, lodging support, etc., that would enable someone to maintain employment. It shouldn't always be 100% tied to just the skills development.