Yes.
Evidence of meeting #60 for Finance in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was students.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #60 for Finance in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was students.
A recording is available from Parliament.
6:05 p.m.
National Chief, Assembly of First Nations
I think it's absolutely critical. I've been reaching out to universities, to civil society, and will want to reach out to the associations of the likes we're sitting with here to suggest, as the member is, that we do need to work together to address this for this committee and the government. Previously in the pre-budget submission we identified a $2 billion investment that's required. In the area of education funding, this points to about a $1.2 billion deficit in education since the 2% cap.
So we're going to do our reach-out to suggest strongly that the growing aboriginal population has the potential to make a significant contribution to the labour force, but we've got to match these people with skills, with training, with education, and of course we're going to be looking to the government to support that. Right now we've got lists of people who would like to go to school and pursue these opportunities, but they're unable to. We hit a height of 30,000 in post-secondary in 2005, but it's declining dramatically. It makes no sense to have a significant decline occurring since 2005--it's 2009 now--when we've got the kinds of labour market needs that exist out there. So I agree with what the member was suggesting on this, that there needs to be a better match between first nation citizens and the needs of the economy.
6:10 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Martin.
We'll go to Mr. Pacetti, please.
6:10 p.m.
Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
It's always difficult to get to all the witnesses, so thank you for appearing and thank you for your presentation.
I'd like to start with the Canadian Federation of Medical Students. In your brief, you were talking about the internal competition, if I can refer to the fact that Ontario is encouraging medical students to take up residency there. What will happen if all the provinces do the same thing? What are other countries doing? Is there a competition internally, or is there an international competition going on for medical students?
6:10 p.m.
President, Canadian Federation of Medical Students
It's more of an internal competition. Our net outflow is going down, but what we are seeing is these incentives....
Sorry?
6:10 p.m.
Liberal
6:10 p.m.
President, Canadian Federation of Medical Students
No, our net outflow of physicians is going down, so more are staying here in Canada, but it is creating a bit of an internal competition among provinces, particularly in provinces that are resource-rich in terms of medical schools located in those provinces and their being able to attract more people. Once you establish a life in a particular area, you often don't leave, whereas in most cases, when there aren't financial incentives in play, students often go back to where they're from to practice, so they go home.
6:10 p.m.
Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Thank you.
In terms of international, I guess if you can get into a medical school, whether it be in Canada or outside, you jump at the opportunity, but is there competition internationally in terms of Canadians wanting to go overseas to study medicine?
6:10 p.m.
President, Canadian Federation of Medical Students
I'll let Mr. Mondoux answer this one.
November 2nd, 2009 / 6:10 p.m.
Shawn Mondoux Vice-President, Education, Canadian Federation of Medical Students
I think we definitely don't have a lack of applicants in Canadian medical schools. Sadly, we don't have the positions for all the people who are applying, so we're selectively accepting people probably in the top 10 to 15 percentile of those applying to be future Canadian physicians, which means that those in the 2% to 3% below these students, who are still good candidates, tend to leave Canada to study somewhere else in this beautiful world of ours and pay significant sums of money to do so.
The problem is that after their training most of them seek to come back to Canada for clerkship positions and residency positions that don't exist, and that's the problem we see with that.
6:10 p.m.
Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Ms. Leblanc, I'd simply like to ask you a question about your second recommendation, which concerns the Museums Assistance Program. No specific amount is indicated. Is there one?
6:10 p.m.
Chair, Visual Arts Alliance
I think there is a specific amount, but, once again, I'm going to ask Mr. Labossière, who is the expert from the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization, to answer.
6:10 p.m.
Member and Director of Canadian Art Museum Directors' Organization, Visual Arts Alliance
On September 29 I had the pleasure of participating in a “Hill Day”, when many museum directors visited Parliament Hill--
6:10 p.m.
Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
I understand, but I'm looking for a specific amount.
6:10 p.m.
Member and Director of Canadian Art Museum Directors' Organization, Visual Arts Alliance
Part of the ask was $20 million a year for the MAP.
6:10 p.m.
Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Ms. Leblanc, with regard to the third recommendation, according to your study, what would be the need for loans to purchase artworks?
6:10 p.m.
Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Yes, what amount should be made available to individuals in the form of loans, according to your third recommendation?
6:15 p.m.
Chair, Visual Arts Alliance
My third recommendation is that the possibilities should be studied. The French say €10,000, which is how much, $2,000?
6:15 p.m.
Liberal
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
How many artworks could people be encouraged to buy with that amount?
6:15 p.m.
Liberal