Translation of "critères d'actualisation des compétences " (French → English) :

As Senator Carignan said in his speech, the pool of potential nominees for the Supreme Court from the province of Quebec would be much diminished if one was to apply the bilingualism criteria above that individual's legal expertise.

The downside is that this would introduce a new criterion into the judge selection process: linguistic ability. Currently, that process consists only of an assessment of the candidate's background and prior experience, as well as a parliamentary committee discussion like the one about Justice Rothstein.

adults are able to develop and update their key competences throughout their lives, and that there is a particular focus on target groups identified as priorities in the national, regional and/or local contexts, such as individuals needing to update their skills;

support Member States' work in ensuring that by the end of initial education and training young people have developed the key competences to a level that equips them for adult life and which forms a basis for further learning and working life, and that adults are able to develop and update their key competences throughout their lives;

Τhis Recommendation should contribute to the development of quality, future-oriented education and training tailored to the needs of European society, by supporting and supplementing Member States' actions in ensuring that their initial education and training systems offer all young people the means to develop key competences to a level that equips them for adult life, and which forms a basis for further learning and working life and that adults are able to develop and update their key competences through the provision of coherent and comprehensive lifelong learning.

For Canada to be a world leader in health sciences, every worker in this field must be supported in maintaining and upgrading their skills and knowledge.