We urge you to demonstrate the same leadership and vision you have during the past few years by: ensuring that all teachers receive training on children with special needs before graduating from teacher preparation programs; making it mandatory that every Canadian child who falls behind by one year receives an assessment by a psychologist or educational psychologist; providing young offenders who have learning disabilities with targeted programs and support needed to help put a stop to criminal behaviour; supporting families who need to hire tutors, send their children to remedial classes or buy specialized software for their children ...[+++]; investing in research to help identify environmental contaminants that affect neurological development of the fetus and the young infant; encouraging Finance Canada to work with the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada to clarify and improve the disability tax credit guidelines where learning disabilities are involved.

ASETS programs should include the student completion of GED or upgrading of high school courses on top of employment and life skills training.

"occupational exposure" means exposure of workers, apprentices and students, incurred in the course of their work.

Unfortunately, we know that when first nations students arrive at another secondary school, they often have to take remedial courses.

The deficits of Spain and Portugal, to the extend that they are due to a rapid increase of imports of investment goods and are financed by long- term capital, are in line with a development pattern expected in countries in a catching up process.

Some countries have all-day schools, whereas others have systems of childcare — and some countries need to do some catching up here.