Human Resources committee  These are good questions, in particular for first nations, Métis, and Inuit. What are the operating engineers doing? Six years ago we were approached by the Government of Nunavut Board of Education, in particular to deal with the mining boom in Nunavut. To date, we've trained...

Human Resources committee  I do, absolutely. Approximately 10 years ago the Construction Sector Council, funded by the federal government, sponsored an initiative called the national occupational standards. They brought together 27 occupations, like bulldozer operator, excavator, crane operator, and tower

Human Resources committee  —nationally, is under the name of the Canadian Operating Engineers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Council. This is where we need the funding, to get the same criteria for testing on the east coast as on the west coast; we're all one unified body. Unfortunately, the AIT agree

Human Resources committee  A lot of work has been done federally to make mobility across Canada a reality—in particular, the AIT agreement, the agreement on internal trade. That allows individuals who are qualified in one province, whatever that qualification might be deemed to be, to go to any other provi

Human Resources committee  Yes, we absolutely could do better with our spending of money. I'm very familiar with the Hammer Heads program. We participate in the Hammer Heads program, and it has been a very successful program for us. You're right when you say that we fund this totally on our own with the

Human Resources committee  Yes, I think in the perfect model, it's within the apprenticeships. I agree that it needs to be employers, training agencies, and government to support the apprenticeships through funds for apprenticeships specifically. That's the perfect world. Unfortunately, right now we're see

Human Resources committee  Yes. I guess I agree with you, in certain terms, with regard to training and who should be responsible. I also like to take the side of the employers from time to time. With the implementation of Bill C-45, it basically comes down to competency. Workers have to be competent, and