Renew and improve the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy.

What success looks like

Improved employment outcomes for participants accessing programs through the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS), and reduced employment gaps with non-Indigenous Canadians who use similar employment services.

Government's narrative on progress

Budget 2018 announced an investment of $2 billion over five years, and $408.2 million per year ongoing, to support the creation of the new Indigenous Skills and Employment Training (ISET) Program, which will replace the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy (ASETS). This new program is based on extensive engagement held in 2016 and 2017 with ASETS holders, Indigenous communities and leadership, and other stakeholders to seek feedback on how the ASETS structure and policy could be redesigned and improved. The ISET Program also builds upon previous increased federal investment, whereby approximately 1,700 additional Indigenous Peoples were supported through the ASETS in 2016 compared to 2015. The government also made investments to increase capacity of service providers to meet the growing demand from Indigenous Peoples for skills development and job training and provided an additional $50 million to ASETS in 2017. The government is currently engaging with Indigenous partners on the co-development of the implementation of the ISET Program.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.