François Lapointe at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On February 5th, 2013. See this statement in context.

February 5th, 2013 / 11:55 a.m.

NDP

François Lapointe NDP Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I would like to thank the witnesses for participating in this meeting this morning.

From what I can gather, ongoing training and trades training are completely integrated in Germany. These are not two distinct things. Germans enter the system at the age of 15 or 16. The situation is very different here.

I would like to understand how you make this ongoing training possible. You referred to an individual who began as a baker and then obtained a Ph.D. How did he manage to do that? Was he a baker for eight years while attending evening courses with the assistance of the state? How do you make it possible for Germans to go from being a baker to obtaining a Ph.D. in your system?

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