Human Resources committee  That is a fantastic question, and we're really hoping you will act in terms of making some recommendations on that front. Most of those people have to get loans. It's as simple as that. And the Canada student loan program somewhat supports that process. What concerns me is that

Human Resources committee  It's both, from the IT sector to the health care sector, from pharmacy assistants to pipefitters. What you will not see in career colleges is a three-year degree in anthropology. I don't know how many anthropologists we need in Canada. I don't think we need too many. The Canadia

Human Resources committee  Some of our members do a fantastic job helping people find training, find jobs, and find internship positions. That's the great majority of our members.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. We do the assessment and we look at what is needed to bridge the gap. Then we try to provide them with the training, making sure they qualify in every possible way with the requirements of the professional body. The huge difference is that we'll do it efficiently. We

Human Resources committee  Provincial governments are involved in some internship programs. We're noticing that in some sectors. I think the Ontario government recently announced some internship programs. We're hoping to see more initiatives on that front. We think it would be wonderful to support the inte

Human Resources committee  It actually is the money the government pays the institutions to train them for the program. Basically, money is given to students to pay for tuition, and that money ran out. Some students in the middle of their studies, who were to start again in a couple of weeks, were told, so

Human Resources committee  What I'm saying, sir, is that every provincial government is facing difficult times right now. There are pressures from public institutions not having the budgets they should have, because the government has to tighten its belt a little bit. What's the best way to basically say t

Human Resources committee  What I'm saying, sir, exactly, is that the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador may not be funding, through their own dollars, their public institutions to the same extent, because they are having financial pressures. They are taking money from the social transfers, potentially,

Human Resources committee  I'm saying that they've made budget decisions to take money that would have funded other issues—

Human Resources committee  Absolutely.

Human Resources committee  I think that's a very good question, sir. We do it already. The private sector is way ahead of the government. The private sector has recognized on a number of occasions that they're facing shortages in skilled trades. They've gone to private colleges to help them because they

Human Resources committee  I'll make it extremely brief. Yes, absolutely, I think it's important to do that. But I do believe that when you're putting in a foreign credential recognition process, make sure that you involve all educational institutions in order to make sure that you're getting the best res

Human Resources committee  We represent schools that will assess credentials and look at helping people bridge the gap basically between their foreign credentials and what they require to move forward. There is nobody coming from Washington or any other country to suddenly open a school here that we have t

Human Resources committee  Sir, this is a very good idea, and I think it should definitely be implemented in different professions. What we're noticing is a lot of the newcomers are really missing very few things. On occasion, what they're being asked to do is take back the wall diploma or go back for all