Human Resources committee  This is a pilot project with voluntary participation. Several provinces are collaborating with us, as well as colleges across the country. What we discovered during the pandemic is the fact that it is incredibly diverse, not consistent, not standard in terms of the training, the

Human Resources committee  I would begin by building on the last question and saying that the remuneration of health care workers is within provincial and territorial jurisdictions.

Human Resources committee  You are correct that one of the drivers for that long-term and home care pilot was how to improve recruitment to meet the needs of what is largely a pool of racialized women who work in this sector. That's why some of these innovative training models are what is helpful in terms

Human Resources committee  Sure.

Human Resources committee  There are two assistant deputy ministers here, me and Karen.

Human Resources committee  I'm answering the question as the senior person here. We were invited to speak to labour shortages. I would have to look into getting you information about procurement from our federal partners in other departments.

Human Resources committee  At ESDC, we work closely with—

Human Resources committee  Sure.

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry. I'm not sure I understand the question. The role of temporary foreign workers in rural parts of the country...? Is that the question?

Human Resources committee  As I mentioned, 80% of temporary foreign workers work in agriculture, so they are working largely in rural areas currently. I do think it is an important point to recognize that there are specific market challenges to rural areas. There has been some successful work in attractin

Human Resources committee  I'll start and others can add. I would like to speak to the federal foreign credential recognition program that I mentioned in my opening remarks. As I said, this program is very much about the federal role in convening the different partners that it takes to bring down the barr

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry. Somebody is—

Human Resources committee  I'll pass it over to Pierre, because I think the member is interested in the different data sources.

Human Resources committee  The intent of the labour market impact assessment is to ensure that the entry of foreign workers will not have an adverse effect on the Canadian labour market and that the employer and job offer are legitimate. Protecting the health and safety of temporary foreign workers while t

Human Resources committee  There are several programs. For youth, we have the youth employment and skills strategy, which is actually delivered by 12 different federal departments. It has a primary focus on reaching youth who are under-represented in the labour market and providing them the additional supp