Human Resources committee  Yes, no problem. Is the interpretation working? It's working for me.

Human Resources committee  First, concerning foreign students, I can tell you that the demand is there. From what we hear, a very large number of foreign students want to come here. What happened for them to all leave for Ontario at the same time and no longer be coming to us? That's a question that has to be investigated.

Human Resources committee  Regarding what the government can do, as director of a school who is working in the public service, it's difficult for me to know where one's mandate ends and the other's begins. Concerning foreign students, what helps us is the creation of slightly small groups. We can start out with 15 students, and make up the rest of the group with foreign students.

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Allow me to introduce myself: my name is Éric Dionne, and I am the Director of the École des métiers de l'aérospatiale in Montreal, which belongs to the public school network of the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal. The trade school, which is the size of two football fields, represents what working in a company is actually like, in all respects, including enforcement of the safety standards and rules in effect in the industry.

Human Resources committee  We have five programs. Two of them are national and are offered only at our school: airframe assembly and mechanical assembly. These are courses lasting less than 1,185 hours, so they are relatively short training courses. We also offer other training courses, such as cable and circuit assembly, machining, and precision sheet metal work.