Human Resources committee  We find it to be rather contradictory, or a dichotomy, to fund a national body without a provincial feed-in. It's like taking the legs off something. You have the body there but you've got no legs. This is exactly how we feel. For all intents and purposes, from our perspective, t

Human Resources committee  We don't have time to advocate.

Human Resources committee  Could I comment on that?

Human Resources committee  The concept of educating a Newfoundlander for Newfoundland is no longer with us. We all refer to the fluidity of workers and so on. The worst thing the federal government can do is to think parochially, think provincially. You have to start looking at Canada as Canada, not as New

Human Resources committee  It's also a cycle from the point of view of all these new statistics we've just laid before you. The key to family literacy is often the parents, and unfortunately it's a vicious cycle. So we have to stop this at some point, and what we're trying to do, obviously, is put a halt t

Human Resources committee  Lifelong learning is very much a part of our thinking and our philosophy. Certainly one of the best examples I've seen as we've gone and looked at other places is in British Columbia, where I've seen a hospital where they release people from their shifts, or part of their shifts,

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I have another comment about the rationale for cutting the funds. The Prime Minister stands up in the House and says that the rate of adult illiteracy increased under the previous government. There was never enough funding put into adult literacy to make a big difference. We're s

Human Resources committee  In Newfoundland and Labrador, we're looking at the lowest level of training in Canada. We're looking at people in the workplace who couldn't take advantage of training even if it were there. So we have this very awkward situation. The Workplace Education Committee is trying to i

Human Resources committee  We thought we had 14 minutes between us.