Human Resources committee  I can start with some elements of the answer, and maybe my colleague Alexis could follow up with some more information. In the department we continuously look for ways to improve data. In fact, we have recently financed the development of a collection of information on job vaca

Human Resources committee  I will try to outline some elements. Alexis, feel free to complement, if you wish. When it comes to working with the private sector, I can give one good example of a recent accomplishment. We've been able to incorporate in our basis of information—when it comes to labour marke

Human Resources committee  I could answer the first two questions, the first having to do with access to information. You referred to the Job Alert program, that seeks to provide information to people, and to the fact that people sometimes have trouble accessing it. You spoke about the closure of centres w

Human Resources committee  I know that there are strategies directed at individuals who use libraries or centres where computers are available. There are also centres in cities or in rural areas where people can have access to computers. If access to computers is a problem for people who have limited basi

Human Resources committee  No, I don't think we have a number to offer to you.

Human Resources committee  We have done lots of analysis on the proposed changes. I don't think we could offer you a specific number. The changes that are made are going in the direction of supporting adjustments, reducing unemployment spells, and making sure people go back to work more quickly. I don't th

Human Resources committee  I'm not aware of the study you're referring to. I would be surprised that.... I'm not aware of that study.

Human Resources committee  Maybe not fully, but what I can bring to it is that on the additional information we are collecting on job vacancies, we are making efforts to bring it to EI clients so they know there are jobs available. This is going in the right direction in the sense that we are trying to hel

Human Resources committee  The projections that are produced at our department use the national occupation classifications, so we don't use a specific set. We use what's used by others. We don't have our own. We use the standard that most people would use in Canada. The projections are done for 140 occupat

Human Resources committee  The information we collect and post on our Working in Canada website is from credible sources. We ensure that the right methodologies are applied and that the information is validated before we use it. So we have full confidence in the information that we use. Sometimes it is tr

Human Resources committee  Yes. You're pointing to our work about occupations, and I would say that's one type of indicator of the needs of the labour market. That is one indicator that is complemented by other information. We use information from national surveys, from Statistics Canada, about people's tr

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to today's hearings. We are very pleased to be here this morning to discuss employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. I will begin by speaking to the current situation of pe

Human Resources committee  I could complement this by adding that through our work, and also the work of the recent panel, we are aware, and we heard from employers, about new technologies that lower the cost of accommodation and the openness in the workplace to accommodate existing employees. This is some

Human Resources committee  I'd like to add here that as I said in the introduction, there are more and more jobs that go vacant. Employers are looking to grow their businesses, and that's going to continue as the economy recovers from the last recession. Put that together with the fact that there are hundr

Human Resources committee  What I'd like to offer in terms of facts here is that the situation for persons with disabilities in the Canadian labour market improved tremendously up to the last recession in 2008. We saw good trends, better employment rates, increases in the number of people pursuing studies.