Thank you, Mr. Chair. I suppose what I would point to is the apprenticeship trade and occupation certification program has had a strategy in place for five years, from 2017 to 2022. The purpose of that strategy was very much to try and grow the program, improve the supports, improve the communications in marketing for the program as well. We've seen some successes from the original strategy and are currently working on an extension for that strategy. And we anticipate that we will have a new action plan that hopefully will be released in the fall. We recently went out for engagement. We work very closely -- apprenticeship is an industry driven system. Partners -- employers are the critical partner, ensuring that they have journeypersons. And so if there's an employer out there that is at all interested and willing to take on apprentices, we are working with them and we're trying to grow the program. And one thing I would note here is this is where a program like the Schools North Apprenticeship Program becomes very critical in trying to get more young people into the trades. And we've seen amazing growth in that program from, you know, one student in 2017 to 40 plus students to the present day. So some significant growth in that program, which gives us positive signs for program growth over time. Thank you.
Mr. Mike Saturnino on Committee Motion 12-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Education - Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
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Committee Motion 12-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates, Deferral of Education - Education, Culture and Employment, Carried
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