In regard to education and training, I would invest in those indigenous-led organizations that are already doing great work. In Winnipeg we have the Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development, CAHRD, which is an indigenous-led organization that has been working on building the capacity of indigenous people so that they are employable. The difference between that and what you talk of as an apprenticeship program is that CAHRD understands that many of our people are in trauma still, for a variety of reasons. There is continued racism, so even in some sectors, where they may be training for a job, they are not going to get the job because it's typically non-indigenous people who are getting it. That is a reality for the sector, and it includes the trades.
My magic wand would have more indigenous-led organizations, such as CAHRD, that continue to lead in the area of doing trauma-informed service and building the right supports around an individual so that they have the proper protective factors and the proper skills and tools. Then, when they are in mainstream society and are working, they have a shot, and they're not, in the first week or the first day, losing their jobs right off the bat. There would be training programs that are really going to honour the experience and the reality of an indigenous person in Canada.
In my opinion, we have another generation or two to go that will still need those trauma-informed and culturally appropriate services.