Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Firstly, I want to thank all of our witnesses for having agreed to meet with us today.
It goes without saying that the challenges remain huge. Some of you began to intervene several years ago in the area of aboriginal worker training. There is a type of intervention we hear about whenever we hear witnesses on this, and this is prevention. When we talk about prevention, it really means to take into consideration the situation of aboriginal peoples, and act upstream, regarding education, for instance.
Let's talk about education. It is clear to me that education starts at a young age. It begins with the construction of schools that are accessible to all aboriginal children, and that should happen as early as possible.
We know that the dropout problem among our youth is serious, in fact whether they are aboriginal or not. If we really want to see results by banking on labour training strategies, clearly we cannot do without government action that allows us to first meet the challenges aboriginal populations face.
My question is for you, Mr. Montpellier. You talked about mentorship. How is that mentorship built? What are the positive effects of that mentorship when it comes to placing aboriginal youth in jobs?