It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified.
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We have to define and put into practice a better, more coherent and effective policy on income security.
We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.
Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.
In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.
This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.
Spending on infrastructure will help employment.
If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.
If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are.
The biggest single challenge to America and our future is income inequality. We've got to fix it.
Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.
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