Status of Women committee  No, not through the Sectoral Council Program.

Status of Women committee  You have changed an engine?

Status of Women committee  Congratulations, I am impressed. Sectoral studies done by the sector councils belong to them; the statistics are theirs. Our tasks are to fund them and to encourage women to enter various occupations. Our role is one of influence. We can ask a sector council to look at somethin

Status of Women committee  No, not at this time, but most have done it.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  No, they're not. We have a funding formula that looks at the relative importance of these sectors to our economy, and how well they perform generally speaking. Depending on where they fall in this wonderful graph, their core funding is adjusted time-wise, if they have two to thre

Status of Women committee  As they relate to women, most sector councils are asked to provide or undertake sector studies on a regular basis, on either a three- to five-year cycle, and most of them are starting to put those numbers in—

Status of Women committee  Yes. There are 33 sector councils, and they vary in fields such as steel, child care, policing, textiles, manufacturing, and so on. Perhaps the four sector councils that have had a more significant look at these issues include mining and construction. The IT sector is absolutely

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  The study is ongoing. It will be completed shortly by the Construction Sector Council. Although a number of other studies have been done in the past, what is interesting about this one is that it is being done by the industry itself. So we are talking about people in construction

Status of Women committee  The Construction Sector Council is starting to keep statistics. In March, it will validate them all with the industry. Studies have already been done with women's consultation groups in the construction industry. We also talked extensively with construction companies. We realize

Industry committee  In my opinion, we shouldn't underestimate the importance of being able to mobilize the private sector in order to engage young Canadians and part of the immigrant population. Nor should we underestimate their ability to have an influence on the education system. Partnerships are

Industry committee  Mr. Lapierre, I can try to give you a partial answer. The department has conducted a number of pilot projects, and many studies have been done. You're right to say that there are unemployed workers in the softest sectors of the economy. However, it should also be noted that the

Industry committee  I'll take that question, if you want. First of all, in the skilled trades program there is a program that's been in effect for a great number of years, the red seal program, which allows certified tradespeople to move from province to province and have their credentials recogni