Human Resources committee  You have to understand that the federal government is a facilitator. We're not necessarily accountable for this specifically. Provinces are responsible enough, and they delegate these responsibilities to the regulatory occupations. We work with the regulatory bodies and, as I said at the beginning of my presentation, every occupation is unique and at a certain place in its development.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to let my colleague from Health Canada answer the question, but I'd like to thank you for it. I certainly observe that you're one of the living reasons we're doing all the work that we're doing, and we're very proud to be here today.

Human Resources committee  I might also add that through the economic action plan, the government has provided us with significant means of addressing some of those issues. As you know, over the course of two years we invested $50 million to address a list of priority occupations. The federal government has included physicians as part of the next set of priority occupations.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. I couldn't agree with you more that reporting and tracking of performance is really important. That's why it's a fundamental pillar of the framework. We also have to acknowledge that we've only produced our first report on the framework this year. As you well know, whatever sources of data we can access, there's always a certain time lag in being able to observe changes in volume and composition.

Human Resources committee  Part of the commitment of the framework is obviously to measure the metrics of what we are trying to achieve. There's an FCRO report that was released on August 18 that contains some of the success stories and the highlights. In terms of specific numbers tied to an occupation, what we tried to do with the list of 14 priority occupations, which was a fairly complex process, was the following.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to start by saying that, first of all, it's a multi-dimensional issue. I've explained that there are many partners, especially in the provinces. If you think of this issue, there is the immigration dimension; there is the labour dimension; and there are the education and health dimensions.

Human Resources committee  Well, there is a process where the regulatory bodies will discuss with the provinces the need for posting an exception. What you need to know is that this exception process is not an easy grab; you can't post an exception because you feel like it. It will be assessed on whether or not the difference is material enough.

Human Resources committee  Once they are credentialed in one province, they are automatically allowed, upon application, to be certified in any other province across the country.

Human Resources committee  Obviously, I'm not privy to what's going to happen to sector councils specifically. We do have many activities that we think are very valuable and important. It's our main tool for working with employers. As I'm indicating on sector councils, we have to see what form these new entities are going to take as we go forward.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for your question. Maybe looking back a little bit, a couple of months ago when we established a list of 14 priority occupations, nine of which were in the health sector, we had those target groups divided into two groups. The first group of eight targeted occupations was scheduled to be streamlined by December 2010.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for your questions. Very simply put, once individuals who come to this country are certified in one province, they will be capable of being certified in another jurisdiction they apply to, without any additional material, examination or tests. So they will be entitled to full mobility.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to use a couple of technical terms here, and you might want to slow me down when I explain this. It's a bit of the reverse onus principle. For many years we tried to have, per occupation, mutual recognition agreements between the occupations across provinces. These processes were fairly intense and convoluted, and were not producing the results we were expecting.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and distinguished members of this committee. My name is Jean-François LaRue and I am the Director General of the Labour Market Integration Directorate, within the Skills and Employment Branch of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. I am accompanied by Mr.

Human Resources committee  That's correct.

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and distinguished members of this committee. My name is Jean-François LaRue, and I am the new director general of the Labour Market Integration Directorate within the Skills and Employment Branch at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. I succeed Ms.