Absolutely, I am willing to re-examine that. I have heard from a lot of journeypersons and a lot of business owners over the years, and it is difficult to find journeypersons and apprentices. When you have an apprentice, it's hard to find someone to apprentice them. We do have the Apprenticeship, Trades and Occupational Certification Strategy, and part of that strategy is focused on improving access. I am not sure about some sort of distance model that may be done virtually. I don't know if that would fly because we do have to have a certain level of supervision, but there are other innovative ways of doing this. It could include a journeyperson who maybe is not tied to a specific business, maybe a roaming sort of journeyperson. That is just one idea. I am looking forward to being able to implement some of those changes during the life of this Assembly because we do need to react to the situation here in the Northwest Territories.
R.J. Simpson on Question 450-19(2): Northern Trades
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Question 450-19(2): Northern Trades
Oral Questions
November 2nd, 2020
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