APPENDIX B. e.

CANADA

QUESTIONS FOR MINISTER OF EDUCATION

1. Bow many training spaces exist. and what number have been set aside for women? Are these set-aside spaces being filled? What happens to the unfilled spaces?
   
   
2. What is your position on Paid Skills Development Leave?
   
   
3. Is funding and income support available for part-time education?
   
   
4. Are tuition. books. transport, child care, and clothes available for both full and part-time learners?
   
   
5. Are you funding "bridging" programs? e.g., B.T.S.D., pre-trades, E.S.L.
   
   
6. Is there an affirmative action requirement in your training programs? Do you have target numbers of women for each program or type of course?
   
   
7. What action has been taken to educate employers regarding the benefits of hiring women trainees or apprentices?
   
   
8. Are there any projects specifically for women under the Skills Growth Fund?
   
   
9. What steps have been taken to notify women and women's groups about the Skills Growth Fund; or about the $50,000. available to groups to develop proposals for taking advantage of the Skills Growth Fund?
   
   
10. Under what circumstances would you approve or not approve Skills Growth Fund money?