I've spoken about the need for leadership from the Government of Canada. Here, Treasury Board needs to make the federal public service a model employer, which it's not now. One of the aspects of this--and there are a lot more aspects--is that in the area of training, not only does the federal government need to establish a vigorous outreach recruitment strategy, but it should create an internship program specifically in the disabled community to help bring us in. Once we're in, then programs need to be put in place for retention and advancement.
While the focus for some groups is retention, for us it's often getting us in the door to begin with. Lots of us have the training, skills, and desire to work, but we need programs to bring us into employment situations. Treasury Board needs to take the lead and make the federal public service a model employer, so that others can follow that lead. That involves a lot of work.