Thank you, Madam Speaker. In fact, we already do. If we can't get people into Fort Smith, we are prepared to support them travelling to Alberta. If the course doesn't have enough numbers in Fort Smith, we are prepared to support people travelling to Alberta. The problem we have is we can't always get people into those courses in Alberta either. There is a substantial waiting time to register for those courses. So it's not something we can do on a moment's notice. There has to be a lot of coordination between the employer, the apprentice, and the apprenticeship office in terms of the scheduling. As I said, the department is meeting with the college in the next few weeks to talk about course cancellations to find ways to deal with that issue to try to encourage people to participate.
You know, by and large, the program has been extremely successful. In the Territories, we have the highest per capita participation rate of apprenticeship of any jurisdiction in Canada. So the program is being very successful. We are getting an awful lot of people through. Since our program started, we have had over 4,500 people who have graduated with journey certification. We have had a tremendous amount of success.
I am hoping that what has been identified by the two Members are individual issues that don't represent what is happening in the system, but I have started an investigation to ascertain whether that's the case. If this is a problem that goes deeper than the two circumstances, then it will be dealt with. You have my word on that.