Human Resources committee  Just briefly, social investment, or investment in early childhood education, or interventions in what you suggested, are investments in the future because lessons cost down the road. If you want to look at cost-effectiveness, then we know that in terms of investing in education,

Human Resources committee  But that example in Quebec is very positive. It's one that the Government of Canada can introduce, and it shows that we're very serious about investing in workers in this country. Particularly for aboriginal workers, particularly for women, particularly for workers with disabilit

Human Resources committee  There are a number of other training funds that the federal government cut back. The cutbacks amounted to more than $10 billion in terms of skills training. Right now, we have a skills shortage in Canada. You talked about skills shortages. For example, we know that even on P.E.I.

Human Resources committee  The labour market partnership agreements. Those things are all really important to providing opportunities. For example, for immigration, we should have a credentials recognition centre in this region of the country, because we don't have one right now. Language training for i

Human Resources committee  In P.E.I., EI part 2 has very limited funds for people in terms of what they can access. Since the mid-1990s, $10 billion has been cut from what the Government of Canada was investing in skills training, and there's a lack of employer investment in skills training. Therefore, the

Human Resources committee  My apologies to the interpreter.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. My name is Leo Cheverie. I'm pleased to be here in Halifax. I'm here representing CUPE, Prince Edward Island. Nationally, CUPE is Canada's largest union. It represents workers in a wide variety of sectors. On P.E.I., our membership includes people who work for schoo