I agree with back-end loading. I think the key, though, is ensuring in the RFP that it speaks to apprenticeship, that the contract won't be awarded unless they have a business plan on how they're going to integrate how many apprentices, how many opportunities are going to be created. We definitely need to have the language.
On the back end, if it's tied to incentives, I agree with what John said about maybe giving the employer some of the money up front, but not giving them the bulk of that money, the incentive to hire an apprentice, until they complete their training. For Hammer Heads specifically, we just want to see the apprenticeship language tied to the RFP so that the developer winning the contract guarantees opportunities to local youth in a meaningful way.
With our program, we're slowly being tied to the Pan Am Games. They're trying to deal with some of the African diaspora diversity issues and they want to ensure it's open to different demographics, so they've reached out to us. We think this could be done on every single infrastructure project when it comes to spending dollars, and not just in construction: this should be across the board. If we're investing and rebuilding or revitalizing a community, then we want to ensure the people living in that community have an opportunity to gain employment on the work that's happening right in their neighbourhood.