Procedure and House Affairs committee  Our perspective on non-partisan analysis of course is centred on the classroom and centred on the discussion that takes place with students. We work very hard to keep conversations, dialogue, as the honourable member has mentioned, non-partisan while we explore very thoroughly th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As a federation we answer in a number of ways.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that's a red herring for this particular bill, but I certainly explain to students how deeply I care and why I think it matters to their future.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It will be gone if this bill passes. We're certainly hopeful that it won't be gone. Those statistics are gathered by Student Vote Canada when the activities take place. They follow things up with a survey. We also discuss it with our teachers at various activities. The support i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  One of the recommendations we put forward was to have a long advanced training program and to have workers there who are well trained. I think what's at the core of your question and at the core of a lot of non-voting is the concept of perceived fairness. When the vote is central

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to present our brief and our opportunity to share our concerns about Bill C-23 before this committee. The Canadian Teachers' Federation is an alliance of 17 organizations representing nearly 200,000 teachers

Human Resources committee  Yes, and I'm afraid I have to agree with my president there, that's it's in fact all hit and miss curriculum-wise across the country. There are some required programs for every high school student, but the students see these programs as something they have to get through, because

Human Resources committee  As I said just now, we have to look at the forest, not the trees. The problems are very different from province to province. In Quebec, 67% of children, especially boys, do not complete the secondary level. So the problems there are different from those in Alberta. Different solu

Human Resources committee  I'll try to keep it very quick. I think in terms of looking at strategies and federal-provincial cooperation, I'll make a quick analogy. Are we looking at the beach or are we looking at the sand? From a federal level we need to look at the beach, and our goal, of course, is to

Human Resources committee  I agree with Dr. Cappon that one of our problems is that efforts are often made in isolation and are not seen by anybody else anywhere in the country. Some excellent pilots took place 20 or 30 years ago. There are currently some successful pilots, in Saskatchewan and B.C. particu

Human Resources committee  That is a question for my colleague.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. We often work with other countries. I believe that we are not without influence in Education International, the largest association of educators in the world. We work with all the countries mentioned in the brief. In Canada, it is interesting to consider the federal g

Human Resources committee  This is another issue that we are pressing forward on, and we believe it's part of an answer to the whole poverty question.