Human Resources committee  I can tell you about the work placement program the government launched. As indicated in the presentation, the program provides $5,000 in wage compensation for young people. That is 50% of what a young person earns at a company. In the case of women who are trying to break into t

Human Resources committee  That is a good question and we thought about it often in developing the program. In my humble opinion, the beauty of the program is that it includes not only wage compensation for youth, but also a fund that is available to create viable, long-term partnerships between a group o

Human Resources committee  The program was developed with the cooperation of Canadian companies of all sizes and types, and with post-secondary institutions. The program was designed to create partnerships with key sectors of the Canadian economy, such as the manufacturing sector. Any company can take pa

Human Resources committee  In our view, it is a win-win situation, or rather a win-win-win situation, since there are three parties involved. The program allows employers to work with students who have not yet completed their studies, who are developing their skills, and to teach them about their business

Human Resources committee  Let me give you a very specific example. The new student career placement program, in which we have invested $73 million over four years, draws directly on the dual training model in Germany. So we launched a pilot project, together with Siemens Canada, a German company whose m

Human Resources committee  Thank you for that good question. Working with the provinces on skills development is in fact essential. For the student placement program the government created this year, we made a deliberate choice to uphold federal jurisdiction in this regard. That is why the government deci