Finance committee  I certainly think it's a step forward. One point I make is that there's a lot of evidence that shows that training is beneficial to individual businesses. What has been striking to me in my research is why more employers don't train. I think there are a lot of reasons, as I ment

Finance committee  Yes. We see a lot about unpaid internships, and that is really a concern for many people because it is suggesting that youth coming out of post-secondary education are having a difficult time finding their way into the labour market. They are seeking experience, which is what a l

Finance committee  What it means is that we need to encourage more investment in workforce development in the workplace.

Finance committee  Thank you. I would like to thank the committee for inviting me to participate in your deliberations. I am an independent labour market analyst. I am also an innovation fellow with the Metcalf Foundation, a charitable foundation dedicated to helping Canadians build a just, health

Finance committee  Third, there are attitudinal barriers, which include the view that employees are a cost to be constrained as opposed to an asset to be invested in and developed. We can establish different standards regarding attitudes towards training. We have placed increased expectations on j

Finance committee  I have trouble pronouncing it, but yes.