Human Resources committee  You have to consider that they did that for everything. Everything was frozen. Actually, the standards development committees have been re-enacted now and many other things are still frozen, so I'm feeling pretty optimistic that this is a priority for this government.

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. As opposed to...?

Human Resources committee  From my experience, focusing on access is more concrete, and therefore has implementability. We have a lot of human rights. I have one right here. I was going to cite the UN convention on human rights, yet we're so lacking internationally to follow those human rights.

Human Resources committee  This is the right approach. Again, I'm an educational psychologist by training, and sometimes you have to be specific, concrete with deadlines and expectations.

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, I'm a former politician, so I talk too much.

Human Resources committee  When I studied those jurisdictions, they were not as evolved as they are today. If you compare those jurisdictions today, they may actually be an improvement on this legislation. When I was studying them, it was from their challenges. I don't want to use the word “mistakes” beca

Human Resources committee  I think a cultural change and a cognitive change go hand in hand. It's very hard to sit in a classroom, for example, and teach these things abstractly. You have to live them. For example, for the project I referenced on creating programs and technology for people with disabiliti

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, sir.

Human Resources committee  I would agree that it is very important. If I may for a second, we gave the longer timeline because business wanted that timeline. They said that as a business they reinvent themselves anyway every few years; otherwise, they won't stay in business. But it's difficult, particula

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Good evening. My name is Marie Bountrogianni, and I'm dean of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. I would like to thank the standing committee for inviting me here to comment on Bill C-81. I would also like to congratulate Min