Finance committee  I think a key piece is probably community benefits agreements as part of infrastructure spending. I know this is something under consideration, and it certainly gives us an opportunity to start thinking about how we can engage the local community, not only in terms of an indigeno

Finance committee  That is something we're starting to see. We're starting to see it in the provincial governments, for example the move toward making all projects funded by the Government of Manitoba include apprenticeship. We're seeing the same thing happening in Ontario and British Columbia, and

Finance committee  The Red Seal program is currently administered by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship and ESDC through the Red Seal Secretariat. There is really no reason, seeing as the exam is a multiple-choice exam.... There are a number of upgrading, training and preparation c

Finance committee  I think that the first recommendation is really about how we can start thinking about that Red Seal endorsement, which is something that has become recognized over time as a credential. We can start recognizing that, even when we're interviewing for positions within the federal g

Finance committee  I would repeat that. Work is definitely being done at the provincial and territorial level in terms of thinking about prior credential recognition.

Finance committee  The challenge comes in the provinces and territories where there is real demand. We need to be directing skilled immigrants to where there is demand. There's an opportunity to look at the credentials and accept them into a piece of the apprenticeship system, not necessarily accep

Finance committee  I sympathize with your constituent, because we absolutely have an opportunity in the skilled trades to do competency-based credentialing. It is a unique environment with lots of cases. This is not about what school you trained at, what your credential is, and where it fits but ab