Human Resources committee  Employability organizations do not represent early childhood centres, but these people should, indeed, have more resources. I have often heard that they have to pay for some things out of their own pockets. It's important that they have the tools necessary, but there should also

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Yes, the methods we use are different. For the past three years that our organization has been working with indigenous communities, we have found that conventional, traditional labour force development tools, public employment services, have not worke

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. I think that developing digital skills is very important. With regard to the nine core competencies in Canada, we aren't talking about computer skills anymore, but digital literacy. It's important to lift young people out of poverty. This also applie

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, distinguished committee members, my name is Valérie Roy, and I am the director general of the Regroupement québécois des organismes pour le développement de l'employabilité, the RQuODE. First of all, I would like to thank you for allowing us to present our

Finance committee  No, we haven't. You want to know how much money would be needed?

Finance committee  No, we have not arrived at a specific amount of money. In our brief, we point out that there is a great deal of information about the labour market. We should invest in ways of providing this information effectively. For instance, we should invest a lot in the platforms to make

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. We have been trying for years to gauge the return on investment in practical terms. The most recent studies we conducted, with other job-readiness groups in Quebec, have shown that every dollar invested has a return of approximately $2.80. The return

Finance committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, on behalf of the Regroupement québécois des organismes pour le développement de l'employabilité, or RQuODE, I want to say how grateful we are for the invitation to appear today and the opportunity to share our observations and reco