Human Resources committee  I go back to some form of subsidy or available funding to help people move across the country. Obviously, it has to be a reasonable amount. It can't be a huge investment. There is certainly a shared responsibility. Individuals need to have that mobility and they need to be able t

Human Resources committee  I absolutely agree. That it is definitely a very widespread problem. I think we have some national figures around literacy and workplace essential skills, numeracy, and those kinds of things. My hope would be that community-based funding would be made available, and that communi

Human Resources committee  I couldn't agree more. I think that promoting the technical and apprenticeship trades is critical. In fact, I have a team this week in northern B.C that's working with partners, the Industry Training Authority, union organizations, labour organizations, and colleges, on somethin

Human Resources committee  I think how I'd respond to that is both Enbridge northern gateway and other companies have participated in a number of the labour market studies that have occurred. There have been a great number of them in British Columbia, especially in the north-northwest in the last few years

Human Resources committee  I was reading some information around some different ideas being contemplated, some reforms to the national job bank and different.... I can't recall just what it's called, but I think being able to help communicate across the country what's needed, and again, that mobility piece

Human Resources committee  Certainly. To answer specifically your question around getting employers engaged and having them more active in the process, I think the job grant certainly lends itself well to that engagement piece. I think that's really important. I really like the idea of providing mobility f

Human Resources committee  I know that Colleen Hodgson with the Métis Nation B.C. and Karin Hunt, who may still be here, from Prince George Nechako have definitely more expertise in essential skills than I do, but certainly it includes workplace literacy, numeracy. Some folks have never had a job or don't

Human Resources committee  Certainly creating a space for learning is really important within communities in the north northwest, specifically in B.C., where much of this is new discussion, although northeast B.C. has been active in the oil and gas sector for a good number of years. But there is certainly

Human Resources committee  Certainly, the ASETS agreement is very effective in preparing, training-ready and nearly work-ready people. It does a great job. There are some excellent examples of great success. From my perspective, the LMA funding is really critical, the funding for individuals who are not

Human Resources committee  We certainly do follow, provincially and nationally, the reporting on LMDA just to get a sense of the labour market and where the skill gap is. It's clear that the robust data is really important. On the flight over, I was reading about the B.C. job plan and how data drives decis

Human Resources committee  Good morning. To start off, I'd like to acknowledge the traditional territory of the Algonquin people we're gathered on today. As I was introduced, my name is Catherine and I lead the community benefits and sustainability team for Enbridge northern gateway. I'd like to thank