Human Resources committee  Yes, we're starting to develop it slowly. We've been working on this fairly rigorously for approximately the last five or six years. What we are so encouraged about is that there's a tremendous amount of innovation and talent out there, but as I said, it's a project here, a proje

Human Resources committee  I would say we're unique because we are involved and our history has tended to be with the coordination of programs, either provincially or coast to coast. One of our more significant programs, which Simon might want to speak to, is called LearnSave. It's an assets and savings pr

Human Resources committee  I believe there are some tax incentives that are available in Ontario, which is the area that I might know best. Here in Ontario the introduction of the new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act is going to start to set pretty stringent standards that all businesses w

Human Resources committee  I'm not so sure about the issue of incentives. I don't believe I understand enough to say anything around specific incentives. I certainly know that from talking and working with a number of organizations specializing in working with people with disabilities that there is a tre

Human Resources committee  There are two things. In the foreseeable future there will be a growing link between the aging population and disabilities. Certainly there are people here who probably have greater experience than I do, but now approximately one in seven Canadians has some degree of disability,

Human Resources committee  There are certainly challenges to becoming self-employed for people with disabilities; however, there is a certain flexibility that self-employment can allow that in many cases regular employment does not allow. There is flexibility around the number of work hours, the time of wo

Human Resources committee  No, not for funding. Our organization has developed an extensive range of materials that can be used by both disability and business development organizations to work with people with disabilities who are interested in becoming self-employed. That was one of the first things we

Human Resources committee  My name is Bob Wilson, Mr. Chair, and I'm representing Peter Nares, executive director of Social and Enterprise Development Innovations, or SEDI. SEDI is a national charitable organization focused on assisting unemployed and lower-income Canadians to become self-sufficient throu