Thank you for that good question.
Working with the provinces on skills development is in fact essential. For the student placement program the government created this year, we made a deliberate choice to uphold federal jurisdiction in this regard. That is why the government decided to invest on the employer side, to give employers wage subsidies, and to have a productive conversation with the provinces for them to reflect on investments in post-secondary institutions, co-op programs, and co-op offices at post-secondary institutions. As a result, we are currently having a very productive discussion with a number of provinces about a win-win model. The federal government can indeed play a role in creating more work placements in companies by giving employers fairly generous financial compensation to offset the risks they are taking. On the other hand, the government does not interfere in the management of post-secondary institutions such as universities and colleges, among others.
A number of provinces, including Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec—Premier Couillard talked about Germany's dual education system—, are considering or have already announced direct investments in post-secondary institutions. So we can say that there is good cooperation between the federal and provincial governments in this regard.