EVIDENCE Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities NUMBER 019 2nd SESSION 41st PARLIAMENT Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Le mardi avril Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities CANADA [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] EVIDENCE April 29, 2014 Committee Edited Evidence * Table of Contents * Number 019 (Official Version) Official Report * Table of Contents * Number 019 (Official Version) Témoignages * Table des matières * Numéro 019 (Version officielle) 19 29 04 2014 2014/04/29 08:45:00 House of Commons Comité permanent des ressources humaines, du développement des compétences, du développement social et de la condition des personnes handicapées Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities HUMA Chair Mr.

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PARTIE PUBLIQUE SEULEMENT (0845) [ English ] The Chair (Mr. Phil McColeman (Brant, CPC)) : Welcome to our committee meeting, as we return from the two-week break. Today we are going to review the report that we've been working on about improving aboriginal outcomes in the labour force. Prior to that there's one piece of business that I'd like to get off the table, and that is to adopt the subcommittee report, to the effect that the subcommittee met and agreed upon our

schedule going forward. I'd like to put that on the table to see if there's any discussion, but I'd just like the committee to adopt this report. This will enable our clerk to go forward and invite witnesses for our next study. Do I see any opposition to adopting this as a go forward strategy? (Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings ]) The Chair: We'll go to Mr. Cuzner and Ms. McLeod. Mr. Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton—Canso, Lib.) : Mr. Chair, in light of the most recent controversy with regard to the temporary foreign worker program, I think it would be wise to do the following.

We've had several opportunities as a committee to seize this issue, study this issue, and bring back recommendations, and we've come up short. So this is yet another attempt to try to bring some focus to this issue, so that we can make recommendations to the government and hopefully improve the situation by identifying shortfalls and problems. The motion I put is to hold televised hearings on the problems of the temporary foreign worker program and that the witness list include, but not be limited to, the minister, Sandy Nelson, and Shauna Jennison-Yung.

We're aware of the two ladies who lost their jobs in Saskatchewan, and so I put that before the committee here today. The Chair : Ms. McLeod. Mrs. Cathy McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, CPC) : Thank you, Chair. As we are aware, we do have the minister coming to discuss the main estimates. I know that the opposition often doesn't speak strictly about the mains, but if this is for further discussion of committee business, and given that we've just adopted a plan, I move that we go in camera. The Chair : We have a motion on the floor to go in camera. We need to proceed immediately to a vote.

We don't need a recorded vote. All those in favour? Opposed? (Motion agreed to) [ Proceedings continue in camera ]