Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I had indicated earlier, I am aware that there has been some change in terms of the registration process and that, whereas before anyone who may have dropped in could have simply written their name down and been noted as having registered, now there is a more rigorous expectation that someone who wishes to take the program does need to formally register themselves. As such, that may account for some of the drop in numbers. I'm certainly hesitant to entirely ascribe that to the drop in numbers, since it is, as the Member has noted, a small sample and a short period of time over which to observe the change; but there is some explanation for that.
As for completions, Mr. Chair, that is more difficult to say. I don't have a specific answer. The numbers have never been high in terms of the completions; indeed, I don't have a ratio, or a calculator in front of me to do it, but the ratio of showing completions to registrations has always been low. For example, looking back at 2016-2017, we had one of the higher numbers of what then were considered registrations at 48, but still only 10 completions, so the formal completion rate has always been fairly low. While I think that is something that the department will have to consider, that is not the entire picture of the benefit that this program is providing to the people who go through it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.