Human Resources committee  I'd like to mention that at Kwantlen Polytechnic University we have an aboriginal trades program and we have aboriginal students come from all across the province to be trained as carpenters, millwrights, welders, and other professionals. Then they go back to their communities wi

Human Resources committee  The middle portion is the sheltered homeless. People traditionally stay in shelters for from six months up to two years.

Human Resources committee  Personally, I think it will fail unless there is consultation with the first nations communities. I don't understand all the issues around it, but I think that people in Canada who are not first nations would never give up equal matrimonial property rights, and I think first nati

Human Resources committee  I'd like to add that I'd like to see evidence-based fiscal accountability on every native reserve in Canada. I have dealt with students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University who are aboriginal and who come to me and say, “I'd really like to become a nurse and go back to my community

Human Resources committee  Because of protection of privacy issues, we have no way of keeping track of homeless people.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Savage, your statistics are alarming, and I'm very concerned about the homeless being included in your statistics. Without an address, a homeless person can't vote. They probably aren't filing their income tax. Because they're not a cohesive social group, they don't have a sp

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of this committee. My name is Jean McKendry. I'm an academic librarian at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, in Surrey, British Columbia. It is pure serendipity that I am here today, and thank you for letting me speak. I'm