Thank you, Madam Chair. So I wanted to first zero in on, okay, the labour market programs, and looking at the goal that has been set out in the business plan to increase -- let me just bring up the business plan -- to maintain or increase the uptake. And so I notice that so far between 2022-2023 and then the following year 2023-2024, in fact there was a decrease in the number of clients and the number of employers that were participating in the labour market programs. Fairly significant, so from 188 to 156 clients in 2023-2024, and then from 71 to 63 employers. I also note that there was a significant drop in funding between those two years, and we're maintaining that lower level of funding. Like, what is the department's plan to actually try to raise those numbers if we're actually seeing a drop so far? Thank you, Madam Chair.
Shauna Morgan on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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