Human Resources committee  I have to tell you, as someone who tries to follow this stuff very closely, it is very difficult, because you're working with so many different data sources. I appreciate that question. I would argue that the monitoring and assessment report is probably the best place for info

Human Resources committee  You have a basic level of employment assistance supports. When someone comes in to an office, they can get support for information. It will tell them what kinds of jobs are in demand. Then the official offers to sit down with them to provide some counselling. There are two steps

Human Resources committee  I have to admit that I'm not as familiar with what I think you're trying to get at in that question, because I more or less look at the actuarial position of the account. I would simply say, as I said before to Mr. Cuzner, that I think, when the next rate review has to be done, t

Human Resources committee  I agree with Barbara, that ideally a job should be full-time, and ideally you would want to have access to employment that provides a range of benefits. I think the better question is whether job stability is changing over time and whether jobs are mismatched to the labour for

Human Resources committee  Yes, I would simply add that I think it is important to see what progress has been made on the advisory panel's work. I recognize that Mr. Shugart, in his previous testimony to you, emphasized that there had been some developments. We do see some of that, but I think the two ver

Human Resources committee  I have still never seen an assessment of the effectiveness of the various models, but the Quebec model and those existing in several other provinces certainly are a very good idea. I think we need to better integrate the perspective of employers with those of workers and the ins

Human Resources committee  There are two comments I would make. First, I think if you look at the discussion over the Canada job grant, there was a bit of a pushback to say, “We're the provinces. We're in charge. Why is the federal government coming in and trying to dictate?” I think it is entirely appro

Human Resources committee  I have just a couple of points. On the first question, in terms of the surplus in the account, I think it's important to remember what's happening with the overall actuarial position of the account. What I would say is that at the end of the actuarial period where we are expect

Human Resources committee  Yes, and I can see you. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good morning. My name is Tyler Meredith, and I am a research director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal, where I oversee the institute's research programs in the areas of skills, labour market polic

Human Resources committee  Yes, that's correct.