Human Resources committee  We don't necessarily agree--and I'd have to go back and check. I know we've done a little bit of research on the issue in Quebec, and I'd have to look at some of our results from that. One of the problems with the Quebec system is that it's also very onerous in terms of paperwo

Human Resources committee  It's a process question, yes.

Human Resources committee  I really don't have any data to back that. I'm not really sure I could even answer that question with any authority. I'm sorry.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. We encourage our members constantly to be training. In fact, I would suggest to you that the last research we did on training in small businesses was in 2003, and I think there's even more today. They had already been investing more in training in the three previous y

Human Resources committee  Well, I don't think it needs to be a requirement. I think it's already happening. Training is occurring. As you have pointed out yourself, there's lots of frustration among smaller firms, especially in very tight labour markets, because they don't necessarily have the ability t

Human Resources committee  We also believe that training is already happening at a much more advanced degree at many businesses already across Canada. I'll give you another suggestion, another way we believe we can help small businesses train even more, and that's actually using the employment insurance sy

Human Resources committee  We are looking at that. We believe there is no role for government; it needs to be industry-driven. Industry itself has to look at ways to better integrate. So we have worked with immigration settlement agencies in various provinces across the country, we have worked with organiz

Human Resources committee  One of the problems we had with the Quebec 1% training tax is that it didn't necessarily recognize very easily all the informal training that happens at a smaller firm. That is why I showed one of the charts that indicated that what we call “informal” training, on-the-job trainin

Human Resources committee  If I may, probably fear. They don't understand what they need to do to accommodate somebody with a disability. I think understanding that is the biggest barrier for them. Rather than trying to understand, they'd rather look elsewhere. In jurisdictions where they have no choice—a

Human Resources committee  If I could also respond, in regard to the foreign credential recognition programs and so forth that are being pushed forward, I think information is absolutely essential for the new immigrants who are coming into Canada. But the same information needs to be also provided to emplo

Human Resources committee  If I may comment on that, that's exactly what the purpose of this report was. It was really to try to highlight the fact that what our members need are tradespeople, apprenticeship training, college education. Those who are being brought into the country are folks who are much mo

Human Resources committee  We know the shortage of qualified labour is a problem. We need to understand it. On the next page is another recent survey, in which the CFIB found that SMEs have the greatest need for people with college education or apprenticeship training. This is followed by those that need

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be here to talk about employability issues from the perspectives of small and medium-sized companies. As stated, my name is Corinne Pohlmann, and with me is Lucie Charron, our economist. She will be providing a brief overview of the cu

Information & Ethics committee  I believe the business has a responsibility and they will do what they can. But if a business loses information because it's stolen from them, for example, it would be difficult for them to know, to go back--

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. And I do believe, unless I'm not correct, the current legislation puts that responsibility onto the employer or onto the business owner, and they are, under current rules, attempting to be able to protect that information as best they can. When it comes to small business, t