Human Resources committee  Are you sure?

Human Resources committee  I think that working with employers is different. BDC came out with a stat from a survey they hosted saying that 40% of small businesses are having problems finding employees and that this stat is going to stay with us for the next 10 years. That means that forward-thinking emplo

Human Resources committee  I don't have the stats that Adele has, but the only thing I wanted to add anecdotally is that we're seeing a growing population of young people as well self-identifying a little more and a little more strongly each time. My son, who's 18 years old, has been diagnosed with persis

Human Resources committee  That's a really good question. It depends. It depends on what system you're talking about. If you're talking about going into the work system, then through the workforce development agreements there are a number of federal-provincial funded agencies that work. There are also som

Human Resources committee  At CCRW, we believe it's very important that everybody has the right to work. We have to do whatever we can in order to get people into employment. We need to start from the understanding that people want to work, and then design the system around that, instead of assuming that p

Human Resources committee  In the conference that we were hosting over the last few days, we did talk about the portability of income supports throughout provinces. I know there are jurisdictional issues that are not easy to solve, but workforce development agreements are useful for that, and I think it's

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Just to expand on what Tammy is saying, again it's because a lot of people just don't identify as a person with a disability. If I have a chronic health issue, if I have MS, I have a disease; I don't have a disability. I think that we've run into similar things wit

Human Resources committee  For...?

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I can't really talk to the disability tax credit, but as far as the system is concerned specifically around CPPD, for example, I know it's trapping people. Even the application form traps people. It tries to fool people. It's not transparent. The application form is not transpare

Human Resources committee  I'll start. Thank you. I think that the accessible Canada act calling for the Government of Canada to hire 5,000 people with disabilities within the federal government is an excellent opportunity. However, I think that the stereotypical definition of disability.... Really this

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  Thank you.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely, and thanks very much, Wayne.

Human Resources committee  It's wonderful to work with you. I don't want to echo what my colleagues have already said and what I know Adele is probably going to say, because I can read her mind a bit. I sit on the round table for the review of the CPPD. In that structure, we've really been talking a lot