I want to thank both witnesses for being with us today.
I wonder if both witnesses could expand on the EI component. It's been said by other witnesses that this is where the attrition rate has really spiked when it comes time for an apprentice to go back to school and with the hiccup they experience with EI. Could you expand on that a little bit as to what you've heard from apprentices about how much time elapses between starting school and actually receiving an EI cheque? As well, what would you think would be the answer there?
Mr. Mills, you've identified doing away with the two-week waiting period. Do you have other suggestions as to how we can best go about addressing that lapse?
Those are my only questions, Mr. Chair.