Yes, indeed. We at the FCCQ are working with the Department of Education in Quebec, so that the school curriculum aligns as much as possible with the skills that workers will need in the future.
As for the federal government's role in that, there are jurisdictional challenges in Canada. The government's role could be more financial, but it could also take more concrete measures, as it did when it established the Student Work Placement Program. The program is currently being made more flexible, but that will end on March 31 this year. We are therefore proposing that the flexibility be extended for two years.
As you say, apart from continuing education, we need to act right from the time that the students are given placements. This is because we are heading more and more towards training in the form of placements, that is, with actual work. That has two advantages. The first is for students, who gain specific skills in the workforce, but the second is for employers. Given the labour shortage, they can bring interns into their businesses right away. They often offer those students jobs shortly after their placement, because they already know that they have the skills and the motivation. So it is a win-win situation, for employers and for workers.