Bob Zimmer at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

I have three questions for you.

First, I have a dollar question. I see the increase on expenditures with skills and employment. I'm a carpenter and former teacher of the trades, etc., and one thing that I'm concerned about is that we increase the number. One concern of mine is that we can throw money at issues, but what is the net benefit of the money being spent?

I see the increase in expenditures for skills and employment, “skills, adaptive and inclusive labour force”. I see an increase, quite dramatically, to the tune of $1.6 billion in 2016; $1.755 billion, to a total of $2.192 billion over the next three to four years, depending on how you look at it. What is that money being spent on?