Got hired as an apprentice through staffing agency. Is it normal to get no credit for these hours? (NS, Canada)

So I've been working a temporary job the past 10 weeks and have been going back and forth with the apprenticeship agency and they have confirmed that the job I'm doing is pretty much irrelevant in terms of progressing through my apprenticeship. And I have been made an inactive apprentice in the meantime.

I was a registered 1st year coming into the job. I was laid off for a few months from the company that registered me, had trouble finding anything in the electrical field till I found this job. Compared to my last job it's great. I make $6 more per hour, <10 min commute compared to 45 and the crew is really easy going.

There is a crew of 4 of us, 2 journeyman hired by the staffing agency. It's frustrating that the reason I can't continue my apprenticeship here is that it's a temp job. But there's easily 1-2years worth of back logged jobs. The guys hired before me were here "temporarily" now for two years.

I guess there's not much I can do, but staffing agency jobs are pretty common. I'm just curious how apprentices here made out with them. Did you get hours towards your apprenticeship, or just work for the money/experience?