Specifically I received the concern from the Union of National Defence Employees. They regularly brought in high school students for the pre-apprenticeship to decide whether or not these different Red Seal trades were for them. To a great extent, they have been able to fill the availabilities, the holes in their workforce, with these students who had been in the system years ago, got their actual papers and are working. Had it not been for that student program, we'd be missing a lot more people from those positions today.
On November 7th, 2023. See this statement in context.