Natural Resources committee  Yes, thank you. Under both of the large agreements that we spoke about, individuals can present themselves to the provinces or territories and will have access to whatever programs the different jurisdictions make available. Out of the measures we've spoken about here, I think

Natural Resources committee  Depending on the nature of the program set up by the jurisdiction, it could include income support while the individual was on training so they could continue to do the types of things that you're talking about, like paying their bills, while they were receiving skills training.

Natural Resources committee  We watched very closely to see what the uptake was over the course of.... We saw what happened in the second year of the program. One of the most important things to point to is that even beyond the softwood lumber action plan is the sheer scale of the labour market agreements th

Natural Resources committee  I don't have anything specifically on that. The largest share of what happens in terms of skills development takes place at the provincial and territorial levels. We provide the funding and they make the determination themselves about what's best required for their own jurisdicti

Natural Resources committee  The way that the provinces and territories report on the training they do, especially under the labour market development agreements, is broken down under a number of broad categories that were put in place when the federal government initially delivered skills training. The la

Natural Resources committee  It has to do with the connection between the program and the labour market development agreements. The two large agreements that my colleague spoke to you about both contain a clause called the “equality of treatment” clause. What it means is that, as money is flowed to provinces

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for your question. The money was made available; it wasn't actually allocated. In other words, it wasn't automatically downloaded to provinces and territories. The money was made available. There are a number of provinces and territories that chose not to do that. The