Human Resources committee  I'm not sure I have a ton more to add, but I think it's an example of some great best-practice models that are out there. There's also some great anti-poverty work being done in Australia, by bringing together the different levels of government, along with labour and safe communi

Human Resources committee  Like Ramona, I'm not an expert on housing. I'm also not an expert on jurisdiction; I know that government people are expert on that. That said, however it is figured out, we need more affordable low-income housing. We need whatever programs need to be in place to be able to get

Human Resources committee  In regard to a guaranteed annual income, you have to be very careful how it's phrased, because there's one sort of guaranteed annual income that gives you enough to live on, and then there's the other one that gives you a guaranteed annual income, but after that you're on your ow

Human Resources committee  You're talking about some kind of affirmative action program. I can't see Albertans being too big on affirmative action programs, but I think it's a fabulous idea. You were talking earlier about things like job carving--helping employers understand that maybe jobs could be packag

Human Resources committee  Sure. The program in Ireland I referred to was a program whereby an individual would go for a job in a competitive environment, and then somebody would come and assess the level they were performing at. So if they were performing at, let's say, 40% of an average worker in that en

Human Resources committee  We need affordable, available, and accessible transportation to be able to get to work and to get home from work.

Human Resources committee  Our provincial programs do not help us enough with our medical and housing needs. We need policies in place to protect and maintain our health to stay employed.

Human Resources committee  Many of our issues are overseen by provincial law, but we certainly see a federal role in some of the areas. One is taking a leading role in working across levels of government. We can give you an example. Ireland has done some really innovative stuff to supplement wages if peopl

Human Resources committee  We need labour standards and laws to protect us from harassment and bullying in the workplace.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely.

Human Resources committee  We're not even sure how many minutes this will take. I'm Denise Young, and this is Colleen Huston. We work with Disability Action Hall, a group of people with developmental disabilities and their allies who work together on issues that affect people with disabilities. I just w

Human Resources committee  Second, we need a strong employment equity provision so that they can secure a job for more than three months. Many of the folks are able to find jobs. There are lots of jobs in the Calgary market; the difficulty is in keeping those jobs. We need better policies and better enfor

Human Resources committee  Next, they need to work for a living wage. I'm sure you've heard about the minimum wage exemption permits in Alberta that allow employers to pay less than minimum wage to people with disabilities. But even minimum wage labour in a city like ours, which is very expensive to live i

Human Resources committee  This is a huge area for our folks. Many of the rules around laws and legislation related to employment are not in accessible language, so people don't know the rules governing workplaces.

Human Resources committee  Both of us.