Finance committee  Your question is an excellent one. In Nordic countries, it's clear that there are more students continuing their studies at the post-secondary level.

Finance committee  Okay.

Finance committee  No problem. Sorry for this. As I was saying, we know that in the nordic countries, the number of students who go to post-secondary is quite high. That said, according to the data from OECD, Canada is one of the first countries with respect to post-secondary attainment. This is p

Finance committee  I absolutely do: upskilling, re-skilling and applying research to help the industry retool. My colleague Peter Devlin could give you a specific example from Fanshawe and the community where they are.

Finance committee  That's because, right now and for the last two years, there have been more applications from students in colleges, among other things. One of the extremely popular programs is the post-graduate specialization program. Students who come from overseas to study and work here for a y

Finance committee  For the next two years, we are asking for $165 million. We know that right now, for every dollar the federal government invests in applied research, the private sector is giving almost a dollar. There aren't many people who can say that in research. To help businesses prepare, w

Finance committee  Unfortunately, yes. Statistics for the winter session haven't changed, but those for the spring-summer session have. In some cases, there has been almost a 40% drop in registrations, which is huge. This term is still between 22% and 25% of the student population. We think the n

Finance committee  Absolutely. The contribution of international students to all colleges and universities is $22 billion. That's huge. It's more than many sectors can hope for, be it the softwood lumber sector or other sectors. I think we're even on par with the aerospace sector. If no measures

Finance committee  Absolutely. In fact, the federal government already is providing funding for colleges and institutes, whether it's in research, in infrastructure or in indigenous education, just to name a few.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. I appreciate the opportunity to represent colleges, institutes, CEGEPs and polytechnics. Thank you to the federal government for your quick response, especially for your support for Canadian and international students. Colleges and institutes also mobilized rap

Industry committee  I won't add anything. Victoria mentioned it.

Industry committee  Change the interrogatory process to make it shorter and less burdensome. Mark may have another example.

Industry committee  One of the things is that there needs to be compliance between the Copyright Act and the Accessibility Act. This is a must.

Industry committee  Exactly, yes.

Industry committee  Yes, we have conducted surveys. We have been working on this issue for many years. Some of my colleagues have worked on this for years. We wanted to ensure that what we were doing was meeting the legal requirements. Institutions needed assistance to get there. We provided worksh