Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, and thank you for the opportunity. Practical recommendations to further shorten FQR processes are really important to me. A shortened process certainly is important. I am Ximena Munoz, and I am the Manitoba Fairness Commissioner. That's a very new position

Human Resources committee  Okay, thank you. So we are very happy about that. Regulators started collecting the data in January of 2011, and they're going to provide us with the first set of data in March 2012. In order for them to do that, we did a lot of work with them. We also provided financial suppo

Human Resources committee  I will, but I have to get to my point. This has been challenging for regulators. Right now they are subject to a lot of demands from various parts. Labour mobility is a big issue for them. The pan-Canadian framework is something else in their field. At least the Manitoba numbe

Human Resources committee  Can I just take two more minutes?

Human Resources committee  I didn't get to my recommendations, sir.

Human Resources committee  I think those in the health professions have a very difficult time, because they cannot observe or volunteer until they have some recognition. I think that's very difficult. Dentists and doctors have difficulty, because there are very few spots for them and the process takes a lo

Human Resources committee  I can tell you that in Manitoba it is a real issue. In the rural areas, the locations are small and far away. The situation we're facing in Manitoba is around the fact that doctors, the international medical graduates who are getting assessed, can get a provisional licence to pra

Human Resources committee  Quebec was the third. Actually, no, it was the last, the fourth. Nova Scotia has an act but they don't have a commissioner. Quebec is slightly different in that they have a commissioner of complaints. He has to set up a system to address the complaints that immigrants have with

Human Resources committee  Well, my perspective is this: why is it that we haven't solved this? People have been working at this for years and years. We're not stupid people. Why is it that we still have a problem? I think initially it had a lot to do with pointing fingers, i.e., whose responsibility was

Human Resources committee  I'm not sure there is one thing.

Human Resources committee  Money: financial support for regulators and financial support for the gap training and bridging programs. We have some very good programs in Manitoba. Everything is pilot. There's no money. They're not sustainable. There's no money for ongoing programming.

Human Resources committee  Can I follow up on that?

Human Resources committee  Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question.

Human Resources committee  I think, for sure, multiple departments to get.... No, sorry, single-source, I guess—

Human Resources committee  Yes, working together for sure. I think the information is very good. The issue with information is that it has to be the right information. That's where we're failing right now. Regulators are not involved in what information is being put out there. Much of the information out