Budget 2018 proposes to invest $2 billion over five years, and $408.2 million per year ongoing, to support the creation of a new Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program, which will replace the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy. Extensive engagement took place with Indigenous partners in 2016 and 2017 to develop a proposal for future labour market programming. The Government of Canada has consulted with, and heard from, Indigenous partners on the importance of a distinctions-based approach that recognizes the unique needs of the First Nations, Inuit and the Métis Nation. To that end, the new program will provide:

• $1.1 billion over five years, and $235.7 million per year ongoing, for a First Nations stream
• $325 million over five years, and $67 million per year ongoing, for a Métis Nation stream 
• $161.2 million over five years, and $32.6 million per year ongoing, for an Inuit stream 
• $213.4 million over five years, and $45.2 million per year ongoing, for an urban/non-affiliated stream