Evidence of meeting #8 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was trades.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:15 p.m.
Senior Advisor, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Canadian Office
CIC and HRSDC make the decision on these folks based on who the contractor decides they want.
5:20 p.m.
Past-President, Canadian Home Builders' Association
The temporary foreign worker program has its criteria and requirements, and the workers have to come in under those requirements. It has had some help, I've heard from my members, but they find the program very complex, and being successful under it is challenging.
5:20 p.m.
Conservative
Joe Daniel Conservative Don Valley East, ON
I have one last question. It sounds as though the entire government process is very cumbersome in this thing. Do you have any thoughts on maybe a one-stop-shop type of approach or anything like that to improve the process?
5:20 p.m.
Past-President, Canadian Home Builders' Association
Anything that could be done to streamline the process and make it easier to work with for workers and businesses would be very helpful.
5:20 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Ed Komarnicki
Thank you.
Maybe we'll close there.
Thank you, gentlemen, for a very interesting presentation. It certainly has resolved a lot of questions. We'll suspend and give you an opportunity to leave, and then we'll go in camera to deal with some committee business.
[Proceedings continue in camera]