Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  I didn't plant this question—I want to put that on the record—but I would have, if I could have. Thank you, Jamie, for your question and for your compliments. We all work really hard in the community. Getting a compliment is very much appreciated, so thank you. As I mentioned,

Official Languages committee  For the employment, all the responsibility for employment was transferred from the federal government to the provincial government, so anything to do with employment...and it's very frustrating. If you just mention the word “employment”, it has to fall under provincial jurisdicti

Official Languages committee  I would suggest that there be clauses for more accountability about where funding regarding employment is being placed.

Official Languages committee  Especially if we're talking about youth and jobs and the retention of the OLMC in Quebec, I think it's crucial.

Official Languages committee  Funds that are earmarked...which I don't think exists today.

Official Languages committee  From the federal government we get funding for economic development. We get funding again through Status of Women on a short-term basis. If we look at “core funding”—which I put in quotation marks because even that is not always guaranteed—we get funding through Canada Economic D

Official Languages committee  In terms of the types of business—I'm just looking at our statistics here—about 35% start something in the service industry, about 8% to 10% in e-commerce. Twenty-four per cent are self-employed artists. Retail and hospitality make up 8%, and import-export is about 8%. That gives

Official Languages committee  We work very closely with the partners in the regions. Right now we have a regional project that's funded through DEC that's been really successful. We're doing a variety of activities that include helping some of those organizations build capacity within their own communities. W

Official Languages committee  It's a real challenge. As I mentioned, it's a global issue. We have a lot of unemployed people who are coming to us with liberal arts degrees and arts degrees. It's very difficult, because yes, there are jobs, especially in the creative field where people are looking for programm

Official Languages committee  I wish I could answer that question. I think it's a question that many of the groups on our employment round table ask. I don't know the answer to that. I wish we did, and I don't know whose responsibility it is to get that information, but we really don't know the answer to that

Official Languages committee  It's possible. I don't know if that would work because as I mentioned there's the whole inclusion issue. So even if there are programs to integrate people into the provincial government services, it has to go beyond that. It has to be a program that's going to work with the peopl

Official Languages committee  It would be difficult for me to answer that question, but I think the opportunities for jobs are obviously greater in Montreal. I think the rural areas have other issues, and we're working more and more with them to provide services to help with retention and renewal. A lot of

Official Languages committee  Right, and I think for young people.... I keep saying that young people are mobile. We have to recognize that it's a global issue, but how do we attract people? I think that's the real issue in Quebec. We are attracting the people, but how do we maintain them and keep them? They

Official Languages committee  What are we currently seeing? Obviously, the current political situation is having an impact on what we are seeing and hearing, but I would like to address the issue in more general terms. Youth unemployment and underemployment is often quoted at about 13% for both Canada and