I'm going to come back to your question about what a strategy looks like. The bottom line answer is that nobody has the perfect solution, but we do need to be able to identify one, and there are pockets of excellence from which we can begin.
What are the components in the strategy that have worked in other countries? One component would be how you engage employers in a meaningful way to provide work experience. What would be some mechanisms for doing so?
It's not prescribing to provinces or regions that they need to “do it this way”; it is saying, “This is a strategy that needs to be part of a national strategy. We need to find a way to engage employers and build work experience. Here are some models that have worked elsewhere. Here is what has worked; what will work in your jurisdiction?”
We need to look at how we build services for young people who are in between—and not just young people; it can be seniors.