Human Resources committee  Of course, but there is a discriminatory factor. For example, you only need a high school diploma to be a lock operator. Employees who have merely completed their fifth year of high school occupy a classified position and earn practically $20 an hour, whereas we're paid $8.95 an

Human Resources committee  In fact, under the cover of a student assignment, they're filling classified positions. To add to my colleague's remarks, I'd say that all the agencies may have problems with implementation of the FSWEP, since there's no monitoring. For example, I heard that, at Statistics Canada

Human Resources committee  Let's consider the scope of the irregular implementation of the FSWEP program. For example, there are approximately 9,000 learning assignments within the Canadian government across the country. At Parks Canada, we're talking about 1,000 assignments. In the absence of any program

Human Resources committee  I've already approached my supervisors, at the Quebec legislation administration unit, and the Director General of Parks Canada, who answered me by letter. That letter, which was ultimately very unsatisfactory, reminded me that there was a difference between a classified position

Human Resources committee  Third, let's analyze the monitoring and control mechanism for student hiring at Parks Canada. The Public Service Commission has authority to conduct monitoring and audit activities with respect to the implementation of the FSWEP under paragraph 7(b) of the Student Employment Poli

Human Resources committee  No, it's the Federal Student Work Experience Program, which promotes student employment.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee members, we are here to give you our observations on the implementation of the Federal Student Work Experience Program, commonly called FSWEP. On behalf of the students hired under that program, we are going to present a summary of the brief on th