The Halton Apprenticeship Advisory Council (HAAC) was created in December 1998 in response to the skilled labour shortage in the Halton Region.

Under HIEC, HAAC was a community effort of business, education, government, and labour, meeting to resolve problems inherent in the skilled labour shortage. The Council’s structure was informal to encourage networking and open communication.

HAAC worked to foster strategic partnerships between education, government, labour, and industry, identify barriers to the availability of skilled trades in Halton, support existing programs, implement or support initiatives that encourage excellence in apprenticeship training, and provide advice to government, education, labour, and industry.