You mentioned the Internet and sometimes the language barrier for youth. I can well imagine for newcomers, even if your first language is English, that the bureaucratese can be a barrier—especially if English is your second language. But we bring so many skilled people to this country, and we all know the problems of credentialism and how that can be a barrier for newcomers. There's an incredible untapped resource. If we could perhaps run some of our job-hiring websites through a plain language filter it might be helpful for us.
On June 12th, 2007. See this statement in context.