Finance committee  They are complementary.

Finance committee  I would say that it is because people are not well informed. It really has to do with ignorance. Whenever I say that colleges now offer four-year programs, people are amazed. When I say that colleges have applied research, people are amazed. When I say that colleges now offer h

Finance committee  I just want to add one thing. What is important is that youth, when they start to go into a program, no matter which one it is, they need to know what the expectations are, what is the expected outcome for them, what is the salary that they may have, and what is the likelihood fo

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I think everything is a question of exposure, what you see. There are very good programs right now in colleges where you can go for a year and you try four different trades. It's especially good for youth who are not sure of what to do. Unfortunately, the youth have to decide oft

Finance committee  I think this would be a definite and positive move on that. I also want to answer one of your questions with respect to B.C. and trades. The B.C. college associations organized a very successful campaign last year, both on TV as well as in social media, and they have seen an in

Finance committee  I said they do good things; not all of it is good.

Finance committee  I'll tell you two things that they don't do as well.

Finance committee  Yes, I was there. In fact, Sarah was there, too.

Finance committee  I talked about it earlier. In fact, I really think it's a move in the right direction pending the flexibility that is necessary. I mentioned the need to ensure that it is credential learning in order to ensure that the learners will be able to move from one place to the other and

Finance committee  Yes...very well.

Finance committee  I'm not sure I understand what the question is here.

Finance committee  —that Frank talked about. One thing that has not been said is that there are more students with disabilities who are coming into colleges and universities. But it's also creating a lot of financial pressure on those educational institutions because they used to have one disabilit

Finance committee  Yes. I want to add something with respect to the statistics—

Finance committee  In fact, we're quite happy to see the flexibility that the government has shown recently with respect to the Canada job grant. We do have two areas of concern where we want to ensure that there is recognition. One is credential learning, meaning that the students who will receive