Human Resources committee  At this time we do not collect data from our members, but in the past two weeks, we have entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada and Stats Canada for a business data lab. We'll have the ability, going forward, to look at a lot of this work, particularly from the d

Human Resources committee  I'm happy to speak to the temporary foreign worker program and the need to modernize. We have any number of recommendations. First and foremost, I would go back to some of those previous discussions in the previous panel session here around need for LMIAs and the like. The Canad

Human Resources committee  Certainly. I'm sorry.

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the question, MP. We at the Canadian Chamber talk a lot about demand-side labour market information. It's not very, for lack of a better word, sexy or attractive, but this is the missing piece to a lot of the workforce puzzle. I only caught som

Human Resources committee  There was an excellent example of an announcement today. With respect to automation, before the pandemic, there was an interesting article that came out, around the end of 2019, that talked about how robots were going to automate 50% of the jobs in Canada. I think there are a lot

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, vice-chairs, committee members and fellow panellists. Thank you for the opportunity to be here and make an appearance this afternoon. I am speaking to you from Ottawa, the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I go by the p

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Before the pandemic, back in January 2020, we had unprecedented labour vacancies at that time. It was almost half a million vacancies. We used to say there were 600,000 international students here in the country. It's not unequivocal, because of labour market integration, but we

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is that a concern for domestic students? That would be my response. Domestic students aren't restricted to hours they can work off campus, so I'm not sure why international students would have that restriction upon them. I would argue in the bigger picture, as well, it helps th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is no direct role. I'm not intimately familiar with the Chinook system. As to the other comments that have been made, I do appreciate the concerns with AI and AI bias, but we've got plenty of examples from the business community, and even examples with immigration programs

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon, and thank you, Madam Chair, vice-chair, committee members and fellow speakers here. I am speaking to you today from Ottawa, the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I go by the pronouns she, her and elle. Today I am still remotely work

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is that addressed to me?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, Madam Chair, vice-chairs and committee members. I'm speaking today from Ottawa, the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe peoples. I'm speaking on behalf of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, which represents 200,000 businesses acro

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. For all, regardless of entry classification, it is imperative to focus on labour market integration, as this sets new Canadians, their families and their chosen communities up for success from the outset. Committee members, quite simply, hope is not a strategy. To ef

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. First, to answer the question, we can look back. We are in a current crisis, but again, we need to look forward. We need to look at what the future of work looks like, and then respond to it, as well. You've heard any number of examples here: lessen the hours, raise