Mr. Dan Mills at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On January 31st, 2013. See this statement in context.

January 31st, 2013 / 11:25 a.m.

Director, Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification Branch, Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, Government of New Brunswick

Dan Mills

I'll just mention comments that are very similar to Mr. Ritter's in Saskatchewan, based on our experience.

We do have some examples of where we have offered training in the first nations community. There's a couple of key things in terms of success. If there is a vibrant economy where there are employers who can mentor those apprentices, that's certainly more successful.

Again, if you can offer the training within their community, it's much more successful. Our experience has been that there's a cost to it, but sometimes it is cheaper to move the instructor to the students than it is to move the students to the instructor and a college. Sometimes it can actually be cheaper in terms of costs. I'll leave it at that.

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