From my view, with all due respect, I can't think of a collaboration between the government and the private sector. I think the better avenue would be allowing organizations like ours to go and do that work and certainly with more resources or encouragement to ensure there's greater collaboration at different levels.
We work with all organizations—lots of entry-level jobs for really barriered youth, but also engineers, people with a Ph.D. We work with all youth. There is already, you could say, a system where there is collaboration between the private sector and a not-for-profit, an NGO. Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything the government could do better other than more resources or encouragement to ensure that this happens.
We're always thinking of different ways to drive youth employment, and even in the last conversation with MP Genuis.... I know for a fact that a friend of mine who runs a manufacturing plant in Calgary said he depends on temporary foreign workers. As he was speaking, I was thinking that maybe there could be a program where we encourage young people, if the wages are right, to go and take those jobs. We know that lots of times they won't, but again, test everything. We love testing things. If it fails, it fails. That could be another type of collaboration. We know in some sectors—manufacturing and, certainly, agriculture—that a lot of youth just will not take those jobs, but maybe we should try to encourage them through incentives, relocation and higher wages.
As far as collaboration with the private sector goes, we do it well. I can't think of anything other than what's already in place.