That's a great question. The number is a little higher. I believe it's around.... I have to look at my number here. Sorry; you're right. It is 22% of Canadian professionals who are working in some sort of precarity. The interesting point, and it highlights and underlines it, is that people with post-secondary degrees are 30% more likely to be working in precarious employment as opposed to people who don't have a post-secondary degree, which is 20%.
I asked that question. This is why we need a definition. I asked the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business what industries are represented that way. They indicated there was no definition of precarious work, so they really couldn't tell me. I remember that the woman, I believe from the chamber, said that.
When you look at Mr. Fong's statements during his testimony, he also indicated that there are a great deal of professionals who are working.... He said that even the accountants he represents are exposed to precarious work for a variety of reasons, including some technological shifts that are happening where a lot of people are doing a lot of their base accounting through the Internet, so a lot of those people aren't being trained in that particular field. Part of the reason for the study is to define some of those industries and professions.