Human Resources committee  I'd like to clarify on the ASEP moneys: $5 million this fiscal year, $30 million the following fiscal year, and $70 million in the three years remaining of the five years. I have a point of clarification. The friendship centres are AHRDAs in some cases, in some urban centres. In

Human Resources committee  I could speculate a bit, but I'd be even happier to share with you a study that we did that looked at some determinants of employment and that made that piece of analysis in terms of not being able to fully explain the employment gap. What the authors said is they think it has

Human Resources committee  Certainly. I think all programs have a certain amount of reporting. I guess the question is whether the level of reporting and administrative work is such that it's a burden or normal in a certain accountability framework. I think we're quite proud at HRSDC to have decided in 19

Human Resources committee  Let's say if we take a lifelong learning spectrum, INAC is responsible for primary and secondary education. We come in in the technical skills area, and then they come back in again in post-secondary education support. If you'd like to talk to them about issues of primary and se

Human Resources committee  It would be a pleasure. Actually—

Human Resources committee  We've looked at the results data. We've seen that about 50% of our clients are women, which actually suggests that both men and women are accessing AHRDS equitably. In addition, we do support NWAC, the Native Women's Association of Canada, to do additional gender-based labour m

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Just to reiterate, the $105 million is going to the aboriginal skills and employment partnership initiative, which is an opportunity-driven initiative, nationally managed with support from our regional offices. ASEP, as we call it, will fund training

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members of this committee. My name is John Kozij, and I am representing the Department of Human Resources and Social Development. With me are Gerald Gosselin, a colleague from the aboriginal peoples directorate of Service Canada, and Marilyn L