Human Resources committee  The temporary foreign worker program has its criteria and requirements, and the workers have to come in under those requirements. It has had some help, I've heard from my members, but they find the program very complex, and being successful under it is challenging.

Human Resources committee  Anything that could be done to streamline the process and make it easier to work with for workers and businesses would be very helpful.

Human Resources committee  That would make sense to me. Any chance to give access to verify the trade capabilities would certainly be a help.

Human Resources committee  I can only make the comment that my experience in my own industry and my own business is that domestic training of skilled workers is not meeting the demand that I'm facing today, and I don't see it doing it in the near future.

Human Resources committee  If I can give my own experience, when I look across the job sites there are a lot of workers with grey hair like me. It looks like we have shortages in most of the trades, in terms of those who are aging, and we can't bring skilled workers to the job.

Human Resources committee  Well....

Human Resources committee  The document before you relates to the membership of the Canadian Home Builders' Association. Quebec is not a member of our association. It was on the perspective of our membership. I don't know, Jack, if you have any....

Human Resources committee  Quebec is not a member, so we don't have the up-to-date information from them to put in the document.

Human Resources committee  Currently, some of the residential construction trades are not covered by red seal, but they are provincially designated.

Human Resources committee  Residential construction is facing a severe shortage of trades, so whatever process could help us get those qualified trades to the marketplace would be a great help. The provinces recognize this, and that's why they're designating residential trades for training that aren't unde

Human Resources committee  Residential construction is both cyclical and seasonal, so labour mobility is very important for the workers as well as the industry. Whatever we can do to reduce any barriers would be most helpful.

Human Resources committee  In the majority of the trades, residential construction doesn't qualify under that program.

Human Resources committee  In the program, only four of 29 occupations that are recognized for federal skilled worker applicants are construction-related trades. The trades aren't even on the list, so we're not able to take advantage of it.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for inviting us here today. I'm Gary Friend, a past president of CHBA. I'm a new home builder in Surrey, British Columbia, where I've been building custom and multi-family homes for over 25 years. With me today is Jack Mantyla, the national coordinator of