Finance committee  This is certainly something we would love to examine with the different associations that look after those matters. I know that the Atlantic provinces, for example, have put in place very interesting initiatives to have better harmonization of the trades. They're starting with a

Finance committee  I will not talk about universities. I do not represent them. It is extremely important to increase the funding available for post-secondary students that are indigenous. As you know, that population has increased tremendously in the last 10 years, but unfortunately there has bee

Finance committee  We could have tax credits, maybe. That would be one way to increase it. Or for each student they take, they could have one who is sponsored, if you like, with payment for that. Unfortunately, a number of youth do not have the chance to have internships or co-ops, because in som

Finance committee  What percentage? I think no project should go ahead if it doesn't have apprenticeships. That would be my easiest answer for you. To establish a ratio would not be fair because different parts of the country have different realities, so you would need to take this into account b

Finance committee  Applied research in colleges and institutes means automatically helping students with respect to entrepreneurship and developing entrepreneurship skills, as well as helping small and medium-sized enterprises to develop new products or new services for commercialization. Let me g

Finance committee  If I may, what is important to remember is that eight people out of 10 who work in the health sector are studying or have studied in colleges and institutes. People forget that. Who is better placed than the people who work and study in colleges and institutes to again look at in

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am presenting this morning on behalf of Canada's extensive network of colleges, CEGEPs, polytechnics, and institutes that serves over 3,000 urban, rural, and remote communities from coast to coast to coast. In the current economic climate, we recognize

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is successful for a number of reasons. I would say we need to increase it. The reason for that is you can start the process of licensing, of accreditation, to know that they may need to take another course, and immediately before they get here put them in contact with settlem

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm a passionate individual, as you can see.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With respect to pre-arrival services, we obviously have offices where a majority of immigrants are located. We also offer services online and our employees also go to offer the services that are needed, for example, in the United Arab Emirates, the UAE, or they would go to anothe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I heard three questions. You said you had four, and I'm not sure if I missed the fourth one.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Definitely it would be good if the students could be grandfathered. The other thing I want to mention is the success that we have seen so far. There are about 3 out of 10 students who decide to stay. More and more students want to come to stay. Before they couldn't mention it,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the data specifically for across the country per occupation, but this is certainly a comment that we have heard by different members. You see, we also have what we call the bridging program. I don't know how familiar the committee is with the bridging program.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. The bridging program is really to help fill the gaps in the competencies of the people who arrive in Canada. Colleges are quite active in helping the people who have some credentials from another country and then they need to have some cross-cultural programs and some adap