Those are very important comments you've made, Monsieur D'Amours. I would be reckless to suggest that they are not important to all Canadians with disabilities and to Canadians in general. It would be very important, when working with persons with disabilities particularly, to recognize the component we bring to the table based on the numbers of persons with disabilities through our programs, and I will use this example.
The partners for workplace inclusion program has five sites in Canada, Saint John, New Brunswick, being one of the sites. My colleague is a New Brunswicker; as one of the sites we have in Canada, we'll use New Brunswick as an example. We have found, in looking at our statistics of all the persons with disabilities whom we were able to support in finding employment in Saint John, New Brunswick, that the majority of those people had less than grade 6 education, had been unemployed for seven or more years, and had not been in the workforce, if at all, since graduating from high school. “Graduating” from high school did not often mean they had a certificate that said they had matriculated from high school or actually had a high school education, but because they were in a special needs class they actually graduated from high school.
Right across the country we have documented these statistics and have presented them to the Opportunities Fund funders for our partners for workplace inclusion program.