Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all of you for the very interesting presentations. These are very interesting subjects.
I want to talk a bit about the apprenticeship presentation that we heard, and more specifically about the indigenous component of the presentation. I represent a riding that is over 50% indigenous.
The communities I represent always say that the best program we could have for our people is a job, yet we have high pockets of unemployment in the north. We know that to improve the northern economy we need good employment training opportunities to work for us as northerners.
Could you highlight some of the existing apprenticeship programs that have addressed some of the challenges faced by the northern people or the indigenous people in the north? Could you maybe identify how these programs can be scaled up to assist people who are living in rural and remote communities?