Finance committee  When we look at the skills gap you could in fact divide it into an information gap and an experience gap when it comes to young people. On the information side it's getting that labour market information, bearing down, and making sure they're making some choices vis-à-vis the act

Finance committee  Yes, please. I hear from members across the country. I want to give you an example. The St. John's Board of Trade has a member there that I'm told is a small firm that does cleaning in offices and so forth. Because of what's on offer in the public sector for cleaning jobs in h

Finance committee  It is, but I will answer in English, if you don't mind. Absolutely. This is what's so fascinating and challenging, that where we look at occupations in demand, they are, if you will, across all parts of the spectrum. It's not to say that we shouldn't be focused on creating a lo

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Hawn. Absolutely there were a lot of great take-aways. We were in Germany. I think everybody acknowledges that they have far and away the best, most integrated, structured, historical, and institutionalized approach to apprenticeships. Mind you, that ex

Finance committee  I'll start, being here representing business, as my colleague Monique is as well. I don't know that we're asking for more money for training, but certainly there is an expressed interest that business step up its investment in employee training. That's something that has been n

Finance committee  Okay, thank you. I agree entirely. I think any parent's preoccupation should be that their child be successful in whatever they pursue and that there be a job opportunity at the end of all their training and education. If we need to really bear down and better inform ourselves

Finance committee  Do you want to jump in, Monique?

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. In the context of the skills challenges facing Canada, the committee's study on youth employment is valuable and timely. I am Sarah Anson-Cartwright, director of skills policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. l'll start wit

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. McCallum. We're very interested in details, absolutely. But I have to say that I think any organization, be it the Canadian Chamber of Commerce or any company that takes an interest in these types of changes in our immigration system, has found a completely open

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We always appreciate those opportunities to see anything in draft form. It's....

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I think what's at issue is whether we will have as good an understanding of how this system will work with programs, in the interests of employers and others who are interested in it. The amount of detail that can be shared in discussions in various meetings and so forth is

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I understood, I think we perhaps have two questions within what you asked. One was with respect to the quality of the employment offer. Again, I think that is the due diligence the government will do in concert with the employer saying they have made a job offer. I assume th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned in my opening remarks, the research is very clear in the evaluations of the federal skilled worker program and the provincial nominee program. If immigrants come with a job offer waiting for them upon their arrival, their economic and employment outcomes are far be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Thank you very much, Ms. Ayala. If I could answer in English, with your indulgence, I think there are a couple of things to bear in mind. There will be a first round of criteria that applicants will have to meet before they will be made available for review by an employer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely. As I understand it, when an employer who is eligible to look at the pool of candidates who meet the first round of criteria sees somebody they are interested in, they could then pursue the usual job interview recruitment process. At the point that the employer