I think there are more frustrations than obvious success stories. I don't want to be a doom and gloom witness, but from our experience, we've had to really patch programs together as best we can because of the lack of coordination that exists. Where there are urban aboriginal employment training programs through AHRDA, they have been very successful, but there are far too few.
We need more aboriginal post-secondary graduates. We have a number of innovative alternative school programs to help people who have dropped out of the public education system get back in and finish. They are a tremendous success. If there's one investment we can make across the country that's going to make an impact, it's that one.
The challenge is the level of provincial concern about becoming engaged and leading as best they can. We think the federal government should lead in this regard to help people finish high school. That is probably the one most successful intervention this committee can recommend to address poverty, not just this year but for a generation.