Industry committee  Our concern is more that we might have to offshore some very good jobs simply because we won't have the skilled people we need. This phenomenon of the shifting of knowledge jobs--they're actually quite moveable, and it's been taking place for years. The result has been pretty goo

Industry committee  Some of the elements are structural. It's not an easy thing, because if it were easy, I guess we would have resolved it. As Marc said, we're not the only country that faces this problem. Most developed countries do. There's a bias in the system. To help kids advance in the syste

Industry committee  I don't have a specific number, but it's quite symbiotic. Today there's technology in everything. There's technology in prospecting for natural resources. There's technology in how you run the plants. They're much more automated than they ever were. These are things that are happ

Industry committee  It's hard to imagine taking people who are quite late in their careers and have never been involved in technology and switching them to become computer engineers, but we're headed for an environment in which people, no matter where they find their careers, should go through the s

Industry committee  It's a complex effect, a little bit like the rest of the economy. In other words, companies in our sector operate very globally, and it's important to use the capabilities of those developing nations to be more competitive. The more competitive you are globally, the better your c

Industry committee  It's going to have to be a multi-faceted approach. There is not going to be one magic bullet that will solve everything. To produce what people call the “package” of skills that is better suited to tomorrow's economy, you would be starting with the school system and continuing th

Industry committee  In fact there is an equivalent problem. We have a lot of trouble persuading girls to think about making a career in technology. As you say, they are surrounded by technology every day, but they don't see it. We have to try to get the idea across that if we want to change the heal

Industry committee  I could start by saying that our problem is twofold. First, there are no longer as many students wanting to enrol in the faculties that lead to jobs in technology. The problem starts well before that: it can be seen as early as secondary school. We are therefore trying to see how

Industry committee  Yes, as a group at ITAC, when we look at the competitiveness of our sector and there are various subsectors wanting to decide who they will measure themselves against in aiming for leadership, and we canvass them about the kinds of things they look at when they decide to invest o

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to make my comments in English, but then I will be pleased to answer questions in French or English. I want to thank the committee for beginning this process of looking at the service industry. I think it's very timely and very welcome. Our

Information & Ethics committee  An accumulation of studies coming out in the last few months shows that the Canadian economy is made up of predominantly small business, and small business in Canada needs help in getting to know more about how to use technology. So to the extent that we can do things that encour

Information & Ethics committee  We've got a law already that allows the commissioner to determine when it would be reasonable to notify and when it would not. So why would we need to legislate something that, by nature, is going to have to be more rigid than reasonableness would require?

Information & Ethics committee  The current law does not allow abusive behaviour. It is therefore not necessary to amend it to allow—

Information & Ethics committee  In my opinion, if someone complained to the commissioner, you would see a rather quick change in the company's behaviour. I do not see the need for order-making power to make a company like that comply. I think this would happen quickly enough.

Information & Ethics committee  I think the intention was to talk about order-making powers, like a court has.