Evidence of meeting #33 for Status of Women in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was trades.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
Could we get the information that she cited, the actual study?
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Chief, Integrated Analysis Section, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Yes. We can get that to you.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Thank you.
Now we're going to the second round. This is actually five minutes again for questions and answers.
We start with Ms. Neville.
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Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Before I ask any questions, and through you, Madam Chair, I'm wondering if any of the reports you have referenced here today could be sent to the clerk for our information. There have been a number of quotes from both national and international ones. I would certainly appreciate it.
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Director General, Workplace Partnerships Directorate, Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Absolutely.
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Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Thank you.
Thank you for being here. I suspect you put this together fairly quickly. It's quite comprehensive.
I have a number of questions.
On the information you've given us, all of the numbers and statistics, can you break that down and give it to us by province? Can you give it to us by various groups? I'm particularly interested in knowing about the participation of aboriginal women in the trades.
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Chief, Analysis and Special Projects, Labour Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Yes. We can do that.
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Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Okay.
You talked about a significant increase in women in the trades with trade certificates. A significant one here is personal and culinary services. Does that include cosmetology?
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Chief, Integrated Analysis Section, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Yes, it does, and hairdressing.
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Liberal
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Chief, Integrated Analysis Section, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
They're the traditional women's....
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Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Okay.
I'm intrigued by the question that my colleague asked about when women enter the trades. You have some information on why they leave. Are there any further longitudinal studies done on where they go, why they do it, and whether they take support roles? Do you have any data or information on that?
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Assistant Director, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
The only source of data we have is connected to the national apprenticeship survey, which also looks at the people who have graduated from a trade in the past five years. Therefore, that's the only way we can do it. This is a way of sympathetically looking at longitudinal information, that's all. We would need to run a follow-up to a national apprenticeship survey to know what happens to these subgroups.
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Liberal
Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Thank you.
I have another couple of questions.
You talked about the fact, Mr. Green, that more men are affected by the recession. Did you factor into that the number of women who are working part time or was that simply for full-time jobs?
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Director, Labour Market Policy Research, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
It was all jobs. We have done breakdowns by part-time and full-time jobs, however.
