Human Resources committee  There's a long lead time with apprenticeships for the electricity industry specifically. We're lucky in some regards insofar as the electricity industry has recognized this over the last 10 years. We went through a period in the late 1980s and 1990s where we stopped hiring appre

Human Resources committee  In some instances, I don't think it's necessarily that they don't want to go into those jobs. I think you have to take a step back. They are not even aware of the types of careers that are out there. I know that as a young girl, I would never have dreamt that there were so many d

Human Resources committee  I have actually spoken to some of the people in Nova Scotia lately. They don't have a difficulty so much with attracting people into the company, for example, to work. I spoke to the CEO there. His frustration lay in the fact that he had people who he had brought in, and he was t

Human Resources committee  That's the anecdotal evidence that we're hearing. Companies are actually losing people because of that. It goes back to the point that Kelly made, where on that plane that goes out every day, there is a ton of people from out east. I've been on that plane twice, as well, in the l

Human Resources committee  We discussed this a little bit this morning. It comes down to demonstrating the value added. There are individuals who don't want to uproot families, for example, or spend six months away from their family because they are consistently having to go out to Alberta. It's ensuring t

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, in completion, thank you for the invitation today. We look forward to questions. I will leave with the clerk a copy of the TradeUp referenced in John's part of the presentation. We've done something similar in B.C. for the youth and all the high school students out th

Human Resources committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman, honourable members, and ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today in relation to your study on economic opportunities for young apprentices. I'm the executive director of Electricity Human Resources Canada, which was formerly