I appreciate that, and I certainly understand that's where the job opportunities and the training opportunities are. On the other hand, apprenticeship training can take up to five years and you cannot get a journeyman on a day's notice. You can't say on a Friday that on Monday you need some skilled folks because you're going to have a ton of opportunities. It seems to me it does require some long-term planning and a long-term commitment.
I appreciate the industry focus, but if we want to make apprenticeships more attractive to young people, I think we also need to come from the student-centred perspective, from the apprentice-centred perspective, and have a commitment to them that if they're contemplating a five-year investment before they get their ticket there will be support for them through those five years. I know a number of people who gave up their apprenticeships. They were within a year of finishing and the employer said, sorry.
Is there anything we can do as legislators to make sure that people don't bail on their apprentices and leave them with nothing after the apprentices made a four-year investment in their training?