Evidence of meeting #22 for Natural Resources in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was transition.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Denise Amyot  President and Chief Executive Officer, Colleges and Institutes Canada
Janet Morrison  President and Vice-Chancellor, Sheridan College, Colleges and Institutes Canada
David Agnew  Representative and President, Seneca College, Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery (C2R2)
Larry Rousseau  Executive Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress
Kevin Nilsen  President and Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Careers Organization of Canada
Noel Baldwin  Director, Government and Public Affairs, Future Skills Centre
Tricia Williams  Director, Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Mobilization, Future Skills Centre
Michael Burt  Vice President, The Conference Board of Canada
Monique Pauzé  Repentigny, BQ
Tara Peel  Political Assistant to the President, Canadian Labour Congress

5:10 p.m.

Director, Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Mobilization, Future Skills Centre

Dr. Tricia Williams

There have been a lot of questions from the committee about employers being involved. I think we have to make sure that employers are involved, and labour, workers. We can't make a plan without any one of these groups.

Certainly I think the committee consulting with these groups is the right step, but it needs to be tangible, and they need to know that there are going to be supports and investments. At the end of the day, those will pay dividends.

5:10 p.m.

NDP

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

If you have any recommendations, can you send them to our committee?

5:10 p.m.

Director, Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Mobilization, Future Skills Centre

Dr. Tricia Williams

We will, absolutely.

5:10 p.m.

NDP

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

Thank you very much.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal John Aldag

Regrettably, folks, we're at the end of this round.

By the time we get to the vote, have the vote and get back, we're going to be out of time, so we're going to have to adjourn the meeting.

I want to thank all of the witnesses for your time. Again, I apologize for the interruptions that we've had, but we've had some very useful testimony.

I'd like to also invite you, if you have additional information, as has been discussed, or reports that you think would be relevant, to feel free to send in up to an additional 10-page brief if there are conversations that you feel you had more to add to. That can be directed through the clerk. Sooner than later is better, as we need to translate them and distribute them in time to provide the report, at least in the draft form, in June.

With that, thank you so much, everyone. To the committee members, we'll see you on Wednesday.

The meeting is adjourned.