Human Resources committee  The source for this data is the labour force survey from Statistics Canada. It's publicly available.

Human Resources committee  What I could say is that workers would like to find a job at the same wage. Employers will pay the prevailing wages, according to the market. If someone is displaced and has to upgrade their skills—this is just something that we observe—they are not going to be able to earn as mu

Human Resources committee  I think this is correct. What's guiding the reform of transfers and the introduction of the Canada job grant is the desire to put employers right at the centre of decisions about what training is provided and to whom. It is reinforcing this training so that it's linked to real jo

Human Resources committee  A number of them were put in place. As for those that were not acted on, there was a recommendation to launch a new national longitudinal survey of work-to-retirement transitions. That was not acted on, although we did finance a survey of older workers in 2008. It was not longi

Human Resources committee  The fact that older Canadians are doing better in terms of employment is due to the experience they have and the employers' wanting to keep that experience. If employers face difficulties, they want to keep these workers. Often, they will let go the less experienced and the young

Human Resources committee  That report was published in 2008. The first recommendation was for an awareness campaign to promote the value of older workers, because sometimes they are discriminated against. The department undertook a number of initiatives. The department created the National Seniors Council

Human Resources committee  Yes, we do take this into consideration. We had a number of consultations with Canadians. There was a panel on older workers in 2007. A report was released in 2008. We did some consultations, round tables with employers and employees across the country in 2011. We hear what you

Human Resources committee  This is a program that started up in one province and has spread to six provinces. It is relatively new, so we do not have a lot of information about how well the program is used or its success rate up to now. The program is currently in the process of being rolled out. Service

Human Resources committee  I cannot answer that. I cannot answer as this would be speculative or giving my own opinions on where things should go.

Human Resources committee  I can answer that question. The program really does end in 2014. Then it will be up to the government to decide whether or not it will be renewed. As a public servant, all I can tell you is that we will be there to provide advice when decisions are made. The program was designe

Human Resources committee  It is not my role to come here to tell you about the advice that we could give the government on a decision that it has to make. We are here to help you to understand how the programs work and to provide you with the facts that may be of help to you as you conduct your study. I a

Human Resources committee  I pointed to an expectation of losing up to 25% of one's wage when someone is displaced and has to look for new employment. This is the reality for many workers, not just older workers, but it's particularly affecting older workers. For them it's harder to find a job and often th

Human Resources committee  I'm here to help you understand the programs as they are and bring you the facts that you need to conduct your study. What I could say on this is that the government has announced in the budget that we are going to reform the transfers with provinces to make training more respo

Human Resources committee  Yes—

Human Resources committee  Well, it is under that theme, because, not so much the age 65, moving the age from 65 to 67, what I was referring to is giving workers the possibility to defer their receipt of the pension by five years. It gives them the flexibility to decide if they wish to obtain their pension