Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree with Mr. Martell. Education is the most important aspect from that perspective. But we must remember something. We cannot have schools in all the existing communities. That said, we now have electronic tools that allow us to develop skills through the Internet. I believe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have a summary in French.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is the first forecast we have issued for the three territories. We will be doing that twice a year. It is the first time we have produced a forecast based on econometric models. We had always done it on the spot, so to speak, on a piece of paper. This time, we will have a to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Very well.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Last September we launched the most ambitious initiative in the Conference Board's history--we've been in existence since 1954--the Centre for the North. It's a five-year project. It's only about eight months old, and we started back in September. At the moment, 38 or

Public Safety committee  I don't think there was any inconsistency when I mentioned the brand. The brand has been reliable, secure, trusted, which is how we need the Americans to see us, and if they feel we are a secure nation, a trusted nation, it helps, and it gets rid of these aspects of misinformatio

Public Safety committee  I have a comment. I have dealt with the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, as well as with the Canadian federal government. In my opinion, there is a problem on both sides of the border. Discussions have to be a lot closer than they are at the moment. You are comple

Public Safety committee  I'm Gilles Rhéaume, the vice-president of public policy for the Conference Board of Canada. Basically we're a think tank that does research in three broad areas and shares the insights from our work at conferences and private networks. Those three areas are economic trends, manag

International Trade committee  Our premise with respect to that is to permit our pie to grow. Later we can figure out how we distribute it, how we cut it up. If we just have the same pie and we start arguing about how we're going to cut it up, there's going to be a lot of fighting with little benefit.

International Trade committee  Training really does become a critical factor in having well-equipped employees. That's a consideration. There are business people and company heads on the lookout for opportunities not only here but elsewhere and they get government assistance to help them find these opportuniti

International Trade committee  There are always sacrifices to be made. Thomas L. Friedman, in his book entitled The world is flat, says that we are more or less on an equal footing when it comes to innovation and human capital, as you've mentioned. At the Conference Board of Canada, they're thinking that the i

International Trade committee  You referred to social policy. For some time there has been talk about the social and economic spheres coming together. We don't even have an economic policy today to address workers' issues. Regulations, barriers and duplication between departments are major contributing factors

International Trade committee  One thing goes back to your question number three, which has to do with industrial strategy. These countries also have an industrial strategy. We don't.

International Trade committee  —at doing it better.

International Trade committee  And they're highly protectionist.