Human Resources committee  Thank you for that question, because I wanted to speak on the technologist portion. But you should be proud of APENS. It has won an award from an immigrant service agency, and this was one of the first times that a regulatory body was recognized by the Metropolitan Immigrant Sett

Human Resources committee  One of our challenges is that we don't have access to these people, and that's why changing the selection process and including adaptability selection and having points for that is an incentive to get people to then come to the profession and ask the questions. Then we can give t

Human Resources committee  The first part of the qualification being the education, we do that for all the universities. So that's a given. The second part is the experience and the exams. Our role is to bring the provinces together and try to uniform the processes as much as we can, and we've done that.

Human Resources committee  I have a 16-year-old, and I've been trying very hard to get her into engineering. Young girls want to change the world. They want to have an impact. They want to make a difference. The challenge right now is that we haven't been able to make them understand that the place to go i

Human Resources committee  I'll answer your question point by point. To start, I would say that from an engineering standpoint, there aren't really any differences.

Human Resources committee  The first step is education. Then you need to acquire experience, pass an exam and obtain a licence. We have offices throughout the country, and one which gives accreditation for all engineering programs. That is how it works everywhere. If you get your degree in Quebec and you w

Human Resources committee  We made 17 recommendations. I couldn't list them all, but I'd like to give you the references later. As I said earlier, people need information as soon as possible, to be in a position to make informed decisions and have realistic expectations upon arrival. Now, there are other

Human Resources committee  I'm not sure.

Human Resources committee  Mr. Lessard, that's a very good question. Our study showed that information is very important. The more immigrants have access to accurate information before they make their decision, the more their expectations will be realistic. This may come as a surprise to you, but the first

Human Resources committee  Yes, what I'd like to say is that I think it would be a huge mistake to say it's one or the other. I mean, I can't speak as much for the best type of skilled trade, but I can tell you that I travel the country, and there is a need for educated engineers. What may be very surpri

Human Resources committee  Bonjour. Before I start, I want to thank my colleagues from the CNIB. I've attended a couple of these committee meetings, and this introduction was very helpful for me too, so thank you for asking that. Good morning. It is a pleasure to be here today to discuss a matter which i

Finance committee  In recent years, I believe we have received signals from representatives of all levels of government. As regards a national round table, that I talked about earlier, we have already brought together at the same table representatives of the federal, provincial and municipal gover

Finance committee  That's a very good question. In my opinion, that is where the federal government could play a very significant role.

Finance committee  At the present time, I can only tell you that at every meeting we have attended, representatives of all government levels showed an interest.

Finance committee  There is definitely a change in attitude as regards infrastructure. We are moving from the old way of thinking to the new. Let me give you an example...