Status of Women committee  I think about that a huge amount. We know that there are a lot more women to be reached to even be exposed to entrepreneurship. Reaching women who have additional barriers takes more targeted outreach. It costs more money and takes more time. We're trying to develop our own capac

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Hello, everyone. Thank you for letting me speak to you today about how entrepreneurship is becoming an increasingly important option for all young people, but especially women. As youth unemployment remains high, more young people are becoming aware of the opportunit

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Labour market predictions are dodgy because they're always based on retrospective data, and that makes it really hard for young people. When it comes to student debt, it's an issue for everything they do, from starting a family to buying a house. It's a problem all around. In ter

Industry committee  As to carrying on the conversation, I would point out it's not all government either. It's not a matter of connecting people to government programs, and most of them have no idea that there are any—

Industry committee  —but working with the people like Startup Canada, like Communitech, and like us, who are coming and talking to them—

Industry committee  —in person about what they're experiencing. We all have lots of venues. We'd love for you anytime to come and talk to the young people and hear it first hand.

Industry committee  I think we all have a perspective. For us, it's a huge levelling of the playing field. I'm thinking of a young Inuit man who lives in the far reaches of Labrador. He's running a trading business right across North America, thanks to e-commerce. He can do that from this place that

Industry committee  It's part of the evolution, so it's happening. We're getting better at it every year.

Industry committee  Yes, we do, and I think all of us, NACO and the others, are looking at how we formalize that. We now have the Hockeystick technology, made in Canada, for companies to describe themselves and pass them on—and NACO has the same thing. We're working at how we can make it really easy

Industry committee  For me, it's telling the stories. I think you have a huge opportunity to tell the stories of people who are doing it, doing well, making money, and expanding.

Industry committee  Don't leave out rural Canada. There are lot of our manufacturers, including people in Prince Rupert, B.C., who are not going to get to some makerspace in Vancouver.

Industry committee  How do we solve the issues for those people too?

Industry committee  One of 120.

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