Clearly, it is of key importance for the department to ensure that our human resources have the essential skills required to fully participate in the labour market. Possessing digital economy skills is crucial in today's world. Much of the future economic growth will be tied to our digital skills. We are already moving forward with a certain number of initiatives through our Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, or OLES, which is working with various stakeholders on improving essential skills. These are things we are already doing.
The committee can contribute by reporting on what's already in place and by identifying shortcomings, in which sectors those shortcomings are and whether there are certain areas we should focus on more than on others. As my colleague pointed out, we have to know what works and what does not. You have surely already heard from people who have identified what seems to work and what does not. That type of information could clearly be useful.