Human Resources committee  I think for the on-reserve young people it really comes down to some one-on-one planning. Certainly my observations across the board are that when we're dealing with turning things around in terms of aboriginal education, it's the one-on-one mentorships, the one-on-one help with

Human Resources committee  Can I just mention quickly two of the programs that come to mind that are useful? One was done by the sector council that deals with automotive repair. They took their automotive repair high school program and customized it to automotive repair in terms of Ski-Doos. They ran the

Human Resources committee  I think the issue of aboriginal engagement in education is an increasingly urgent one, in part because it is the fastest-growing demographic in Canada: about 50% of the aboriginal population is under the age of 25. The other interesting thing is that about half the aboriginal pop

Human Resources committee  Exactly, yes. I think the solution—

Human Resources committee  Let me share with you two programs that two of the councils have put in place. One is the ready to work program put in place by the tourism sector council. Especially in smaller communities in northern parts of British Columbia and Alberta, there are a number of small hotels that

Human Resources committee  It is successful. It's quite labour intensive, and it takes quite a while. It is a one-on-one program, so employers have to be prepared to do that one by one. The number of people who benefit from it is relatively small, but it is successful when it's done. The other program, ju

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Shory, you would certainly be aware that in your province, for example, where the economy is red-hot, there is a range of shortages, both high-skilled and low-skilled. To give you an example from tourism, you have several locations across the province o

Human Resources committee  I'll start. Certainly our sense is that while we do have a very good high school system and college and university system, a large number of employers find that when graduating students come to them, they might have a certain level of technical knowledge, but they don't have what

Human Resources committee  I would only add that this is an important issue and I think that part of it is making high school relevant to everybody. A large chunk of students graduate from high school with great marks and great literacy and lots of science and math and so forth, but a considerable number o

Human Resources committee  I'll just briefly add a couple of points. I think Mr. Daniel points to a very interesting point about our educational system. I think in some ways our society as a whole is not reaching its potential. There are a certain number of kids who don't graduate from high school, but in

Human Resources committee  Sir, I can go first. Thank you very much for your question, Mr. Daniel Certainly I think the solution lies in a lot of partners working together. From a federal perspective, we want to think about Canada as a whole in terms of having a competitive economy. When we're thinking

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you for this invitation, which we consider to be very important. Could I be so bold as to ask if you could introduce the members around the table?

Human Resources committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair and members. Thank you for the introductions too, and the chance to be here to talk about the issues you're dealing with. I am going to talk about five trends, namely, shifting economic powers, changing demographics, growth of knowledge, labour marke

Human Resources committee  I think a number of councils will have academics from various universities who will be on their boards. I'm not sure there are many universities per se that are actually part of sector councils. Paul Hébert has mentioned some of these universities they've worked through. Our hop

Human Resources committee  If you're asking whether I think we should take the CPP back up to 65, I don't want to touch that one. I guess most provinces have dropped the mandatory retirement age, so that allows some people to work beyond 65 who want to. I think incentives are the way to go to allow people