Mr. Christopher Smillie at the Status of Women Committee

On October 29th, 2009. See this statement in context.

October 29th, 2009 / 5 p.m.

Policy Analyst, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Canadian Office

Christopher Smillie

I'll go ahead and start.

I did notice in some of my preparations for today that in Austria and in Germany, there is a focus on exposing young women to these competencies very early on. As a result, it looks like the economy has a higher penetration rate of people who are involved in these trades.

I don't have the study in front of me. I could get it and table it for you at the next meeting, if you would like, or I can send it to the clerk. You can take a look at it.

But there seems to be, from what I have read, a correlation between exposure in countries where they do expose children to these competencies--

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