Veterans Affairs committee  I think the vision is to develop a number of ways by which we can integrate people into the industry. When someone leaves the Canadian Forces, they may leave with certain skill sets that are transferable. If people don't have those, we would look at trying to find a way to give

Veterans Affairs committee  Our ask was: can we work with you to do this? The answer was, yes, and by the way, we'll give you some money to get you started.

Veterans Affairs committee  We thought so.

Veterans Affairs committee  The short answer is that I'm a culture boatswain. If you want to know about the metaphysical poetry of John Donne, I can give you a great answer. To talk about the website...I'm a bit at sea.

Veterans Affairs committee  We expect that we're going to need 240,000 people over the next eight years. In that set of circumstances, finding spots for a couple of thousand veterans shouldn't be a problem.

Veterans Affairs committee  Do you mean of those 2,000?

Veterans Affairs committee  Each person and each case would be matched on its own basis. Presently we do a significant amount to modify the work for people who have been in the construction industry for a number of years. If someone can no longer climb or has some difficulty with balance or has other issues

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm a veteran, like my colleagues from the Commissionaires. One of the things that is really meaningful to people who have served is the camaraderie and the closed-loop system—you know somebody who knows somebody. You know that someone is the salt of the earth, and if that perso

Veterans Affairs committee  The Government of Canada, the various construction contractors, the building trades, and TransCanada Pipelines are working on it.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, it'll probably cost more like $350,000.

Veterans Affairs committee  The short answer is no. There is a similar one in the United States that was built at the cost of about $1 million. It has a number of features that would allow a Canadian Forces member, deployed anywhere in the world, to access material in a confidential way. It could help them

Veterans Affairs committee  The people from Monster talked to us. It is not unlike Monster's, but it has security features built into it that Monster's doesn't have.

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, you know what, it's more than precatory words, words in the sky. The Government of Alberta has stepped up with money, and the Governments of Ontario and New Brunswick are also talking about doing it, because they see it to their advantage to help bring people into apprentic

Veterans Affairs committee  When someone starts an apprenticeship, he starts at half the journeyman's rate. If you live in my province, in Alberta, and you're a journeyman pipe fitter, your wage will be about $44 per hour, plus 10% for holiday pay, and there will be an $8 or $9 benefit package on top of tha

Veterans Affairs committee  It's a four-year apprenticeship for most trades. Some are three.