Human Resources committee  It was a pleasure, and good luck in your work.

Human Resources committee  First, when they come, most of them are already trained. We benefit incredibly because they have been trained in their sending countries, and we assess immigrants on the basis of a point system, as you know, that gives points for their education, among other things. Several dec

Human Resources committee  In addition to the use of EI for training, I think it's extremely important in Canada that we have a real commitment to upgrading skills at the pan-Canadian level. There are programs in Canada, in the province of Quebec, for example. There are different fiscal measures and othe

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for your question. This is another example of a disconnect. We have seen a number of recent policy statements by some governments that one of the ways to solve the skills shortage problem is to make people work longer. So we did three things to search out thi

Human Resources committee  Before I talk about an internal plan, I'd like, with your permission, to reflect on a big disconnect we have on the immigration side. This is a particular challenge for business associations. We all know in this room that within six or seven years 100% of our net labour force gro

Human Resources committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure for me to be here today. Mr. Allison, thank you very much for this invitation to appear before the committee today. My name is Shirley Seward, and I'm the CEO of the Canadian Labour and Business Centre. I'd like to introduce