Finance committee  I believe so. I believe that our author has been looking at all of the different types of energy. It's in layout this week—

Finance committee  —so I'm anticipating that it will be published either next week or the week after. I know it's the next thing on the list.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  Various studies are still being done around what it would cost, but I know we have examples of especially workplace-related skill upgrading that is not that expensive. When you're dealing with your communities, you have a little further to go. A lot of your people are perhaps a

Finance committee  The government across the country transfers funds through the labour market development agreements for training for people who are unemployed or between jobs. That funding could be directed to apply more to those lower cognitive skills than just to what are typically the supply-p

Finance committee  When I talk about reading and literacy, people think that of course we're a literate country. Yes, we are a literate country. Only a handful of people are unable to read effectively. I'm not talking about whether you can decode the language, though. I'm talking about whether yo

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to make this representation. Canada West Foundation is a non-partisan think tank based here in the west. Much of our recent work has had direct impact for Canadians and businesses in the changin

Finance committee  There are so many answers to this question, but from my perspective it is about skills and competencies. We could go right back to our literacy levels, which are in decline in this country. The federal government does have a role to play in supporting the development of literacy

Finance committee  Thank you. There are so many places. Where do I start? When we are going around looking for labour market information, we are asking employers about what are they going to need. Normally, the qualifications people request are credentials. They label people by the job descriptio

Finance committee  Thank you, and thank you to the members of the committee for inviting me to present today. I'm the director of the Centre for Human Capital Policy at the Canada West Foundation, based in Calgary. The Canada West Foundation is a non-partisan think tank. Given the time constrai