I think we need hard dollars for companies and people who move through the system. People are staying as second- or third-year apprentices because they're making good money and in third and fourth year there is no apprenticeship incentive grant to keep going. There is a graduation grant of $1,000, but a guy can make that in a couple of days with overtime. So there is absolutely a role for public policy to play.
On May 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.