Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, but I think there was something cut out. Which joint effort?

Human Resources committee  That's a great question. That's been an ongoing project and joint venture we've had with CLC now for going on six or seven years. I think we've learned quite a bit out of it. In the partnership right now, we're actually trying to develop national occupational standards, both for

Human Resources committee  Maybe there's a bit of a misunderstanding or maybe the knowledge is not there about how much workers are involved, but obviously, major union groups like Unifor and others are major trainers in this country. They have their own training centres set up right across the country, an

Human Resources committee  I guess I would answer similarly. I think a lot of cooperation goes on today, and I'm not sure how much you could improve it. We do not hear complaints about areas of training that need to be improved. A lot of it does go on today. I'm not sure how much more we can improve it.

Human Resources committee  We do it in our regional offices across the country, in a few of them anyway. In Manitoba, as an example, we run a program that is a province-wide hovercraft-building competition that engages high schools students, so students in grades 11 and 12. They partner with the aerospace

Human Resources committee  I think that's the problem, though. There aren't those technical skills being taught anymore at the primary levels, so students aren't coming into the streams as much as they used to. It's a huge problem for all industries.

Human Resources committee  I'll be short for a change. I agree. I don't have much to add.

Human Resources committee  I'll go back to some of the comments I made in my testimony. The frustration, I think, is that employers expect the stuff to be taught in high school, before employees get there. I don't think the LMDAs should be trying to teach people some of these basic skills. We pay $50 billi

Human Resources committee  By the way, it's good to see you again. Yes, there are some things you can do and I think some of the steps are there. Maybe it's just not being done in a nationally consistent format. Some of the stuff that Catherine was talking about in terms of their involvement in local comm

Human Resources committee  I am involved and I have a colleague with me who spends probably 50% of his time on it. We've actually just started and it's a kick-off. It was to be a private sector-led initiative around figuring out exactly what some of the problems are. It operates as an online forum for co