The federal government is providing $2.5 million for the Tlicho Trades Apprenticeship Program, MP Michael McLeod announced on Thursday.

With the financial injection, the initiative will be able to support up to 30 apprentices for eligible red-seal trades over the course of three years.

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McLeod said the project is aimed at underrepresented individuals, citing that only nine per cent of red-seal apprentices are women.

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He added that Indigenous people are not underrepresented in skilled trades nationally but face barriers in recruitment and retention.

Tlicho Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty said thereSA国际影视传媒檚 a need for many skilled trades in his regionSA国际影视传媒檚 communities, especially in the more isolated ones.

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