Finance committee  I didn't get into too much discussion in my statement today about the scholarship issue, but it is in our submission, and this is the case. Currently the federal government has supports for undergraduates, but when you get into the fine print, it's for university undergraduates.

Finance committee  That's a huge question and I know a very topical one, because our colleagues at HRSDC currently are thinking this through in many ways. Where I am best suited to answer is to tell you that as part of the stimulus spending through the LMA, things were done to encourage, for exam

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Well, on the whole national strategy issue, we hear it every year, and yet it doesn't happen, so I'm becoming more and more pragmatic about what we can do within the fact that there is this shared jurisdiction. One of the things is that we should look to the U.K. and to Austral

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My greetings to the members of the committee as you undertake your important annual deliberations. I'll dispense with the 101. You have our final submission from August about Polytechnics Canada and our members. Polytechnics Canada suggests that the u

Human Resources committee  You asked what kinds of challenges there are. I'll give you a real-life challenge. In Kitchener--Waterloo, our Canadian Silicon Valley, anchored by RIM, we have Conestoga College producing IT degrees, right? You always think that the University of Waterloo produces them, but Co

Human Resources committee  My colleague Mr. O'Heron is referring to the work of the R and D review panel. I was a member of that panel. I'm very surprised and pleased to see how many of our recommendations were acted on by the government. What I will do, though, in my day job, the one that pays the mortg

Human Resources committee  Second Career of course was somewhat supported through the federal government and the stimulus funding. Yes, it was delivered in Ontario, by Ontario, but it was through that kind of support. So there is a role for the federal government. I want to caution around the term “re-edu

Human Resources committee  You asked about the sector council program. All the colleges have ways to connect with the more adept sector councils—you've heard from some of them, like ECO Canada, BioTalent, and ICTC. We try to connect the employers we have with the sector councils. Now, of course that prog

Human Resources committee  With your permission, I might ask for Mr. Doyle's help. At the end of the day, when you say apprenticeship in Canada, you're talking about 52 red seal trades, such as, for example, pipefitters and machinists of some kind. There should be that model of learning for most of the nee

Human Resources committee  Right.

Human Resources committee  Some data show 7%, but if you will permit me, and in the interest of time, we'll ask the expert, Ken Doyle.

Human Resources committee  I don't think HRSDC should be out of the business. The question is how to help them with a very reduced budget. Let's not put HRSDC totally front and centre. Statistics Canada is also at play here. So how do we do things with greatly reduced spending in the labour market inform

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. I'm told by HRSDC officials that the “Working in Canada” portal is going to do exactly this, but how, if we are not connected to 95 universities and 152 community colleges, polytechnics, and institutes? We can work together on this.

Human Resources committee  It is exhaustive and it will cost. That is probably one of the reasons why much of the 2009 report has not been actioned, because every one of those surveys costs money. So the question is, as I think Herb is saying, with the vast amount of data that AUCC has, each and every one