Finance committee  It focuses primarily on people with an intellectual disability or an autism spectrum disorder, or both. That's essentially the focus. First, that's because it's a partnership between our two organizations and those are our populations, but they're also the populations with pretty

Finance committee  I have looked at it extensively. I could probably recite sections of it. It deals with eliminating barriers to employment, mostly in the federally regulated market, that type of thing. It certainly addresses those pieces. It does not address active measures to secure employment f

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. You're absolutely right. There's no question. Retention rates of 93% are pretty high, and it's non-wage-subsidized real work, real-pay jobs. What we've been able to demonstrate through this project is that the individuals who are trying to

Finance committee  Good morning. Persons with an intellectual disability or autism are two of the most disadvantaged and marginalized populations in Canada, with an employment rate of only about 20%. We have an opportunity to change that. Our budget request is for a three-year, $30-million initia