When I talked about providing financial training—and I have it here in our presentation, which I couldn't provide since it wasn't in both French and English—most of us have members here in the country. Out of all the members in the country, Newfoundland and Labrador provides the most informal training and on-the-job training. We also find that small and medium-sized business owners provide the most informal training. So we're not putting financial dollars into sending workers outside the workforce, for reasons I told you. It's costly to do so.
We find that our business owners are providing mentorships and apprenticeships. Our small and medium-sized business members are saying to us that they now recognize that they need to be doing more of that. They recognize that they need to be working more with educational institutions like the private career colleges and the universities.
They need to be telling governments about the types of positions they need filled. If governments are going to fund programs at the college level, these employers need to say what programs need to be funded and have better communication.
There is more informal education going on in the workplace in Newfoundland and Labrador than any other province in Canada. There is less formal education in this province than anywhere else because of the lack of financial resources.