Human Resources committee  --but obviously something has to be done about it.

Human Resources committee  There are two issues. Yes, lower unemployment is good, but the size of our workforce is actually decreasing. We've maxed out, and the expectation is that the number of workers available is going to decrease. Yes, immigration will help. If we can eliminate the mandatory retirement

Human Resources committee  Absolutely.

Human Resources committee  I'll make one quick note, just so you understand the magnitude of the problem. The belief is that it takes about 2.1 kids in order to maintain the population. We're currently at about 1.4. So it's going to get worse. There are no two ways about it.

Human Resources committee  I'm certainly in agreement with Mr. Messenger that there should be no problem with someone working and collecting their pension. They've paid into it all their lives and they're entitled to it. If they still want to contribute over and above that, then why not?

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I used to run an IT consulting firm in Saskatchewan and I know a bit about this. The biggest problem in the IT field--

Human Resources committee  I think this would stand in proxy for many services. We are in an era of increased specialization. There was a wonderful study out of Acadia University a couple of years ago that pointed out that no society has ever moved from specialization to generalization. Societies always mo

Human Resources committee  There's strong evidence that health care, cheaper energy costs, and a few other factors were responsible for the growth of the auto sector in southwestern Ontario. It in essence looked like a subsidy to the U.S. auto manufacturers. It allowed them to get high-quality workers for

Human Resources committee  There was an excellent study done by a guy at Queen's and a guy at a California university comparing the effect on the economy of EI between New Brunswick and Maine. They talked about many of these issues of using the employees from the seasonal work environment in other jobs ver

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I think there are pretty good labour standards in place already. I think this applies to both the guest worker kinds of programs and the immigrant programs. I think what Canada has to realize is that we're in competition with the United States, the EU, and everybody for the talen

Human Resources committee  I have a couple of quick comments on this topic. I completely agree with everybody here on the notion of awareness of the brain trust that's available. I think that is a huge gap, and part of it bears on what was said earlier about this limited number of years available of work.

Human Resources committee  My response would be that there are jobs that are available for a lot of people in a lot of regions, and in the face of labour shortages, companies will go to great lengths to try to fill those needs. I'm reminded, for example, of McDonald's during the Clinton administration, whi

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, Chairman Allison, distinguished members of the committee, and fellow panellists. It is a privilege to be here to share the work of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, specifically our research on the labour market. On first read, the article in The Globe