Human Resources committee  That’s a very good question. I am not sure whether specific efforts have been made to this end, but I know that efforts are made in various departments to ensure that these individuals have access to the information they need. But I am not sure about the professions you are ref

Human Resources committee  What area are you referring to specifically?

Human Resources committee  Are you talking about implementing and using ICTs?

Human Resources committee  I am not an expert in that area, but various studies have shown that the rate of implementing and using ICTs by Canadian businesses is lower than that of American companies, which has an impact on their competitiveness and productivity. That’s a fact and that is why, as I said

Human Resources committee  What will be done in the future is we're going to work with various stakeholders to identify what can be done over the short and medium term. Part of the findings that came out of our work with Nordicity, and we thought it was a positive, is that companies themselves were putting

Human Resources committee  We're not familiar with the details on this, so we'll take note of your question and we will get back to you if this is the wish of the committee.

Human Resources committee  We'll check in terms of the details.

Human Resources committee  Me too, but we will check.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. I think the answer to this question would be very complex and I feel that we don't have the answer to it, other than to say that in our case, with regard to the ICT sector, we felt that we needed to have an ICT round table with the various stakeholde

Human Resources committee  With regard to your question—thank you very much—I said in my remarks that the issue of talent is a shared responsibility. The industry and the associations and the post-secondary institutions are actually collaborating through the Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow's ICT Skills. Wh

Human Resources committee  If I may, to complement Shane's answer, a number of universities have co-op programs as well, and a number of firms in the industry are high users of those co-op programs, and they seem to be working well. They're good practices. For example, the University of Waterloo and the

Human Resources committee  I don't think we have the ability to do that with various sectors, but I think you refer, to some extent, to the need for industries to become increasingly competitive. The adoption and use of ICTs is critical to becoming more competitive and innovative. That's why in last year's

Human Resources committee  I think you have a very important question, but I would say that this is above my knowledge. I would encourage you to invite my colleagues at HRSDC to help answer your question.

Human Resources committee  Do you mean in the ICT sector?

Human Resources committee  Yes. We know that the ICT sector comprises about 32,000 companies in Canada. About 83% of these firms have fewer than 10 employees.