I'll use Quebec as an example.
Quebec has a law requiring employers with a total payroll of $1 million or more to invest 1% of that amount in training. Many of our members who are subject to the condition use that funding.
If the money isn't used, it goes to an organization charged with allocating it to where it is needed. And that could mean another industry. There are groups responsible for doing that. Quebec has a labour sector committee that we work with, called the Comité sectoriel de la main-d'oeuvre. The idea is to invest in training when the need is there. Flexibility is the key to the formula. In a particular year, training may not be necessary because no new technologies were introduced, but two years later, extra training may be needed.
The entire country would benefit from such a model. It works quite well in Quebec. I can tell you it has really helped our industry since it was put in place.