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COVID-19 in Canada – Programs for those who lose their jobs are insufficient
Editorial – In Canada and Québec, governments have announced a series of insufficient programs geared toward employment insurance and its meagre 55% of insurable salary. Here’s what’s happening elsewhere, such as in the United Kingdom where the government will pay up to 80% of the salary of those who lose their jobs. @ https://jobmarketmonitor.com/2020/03/22/covid-19-and-jobs-in-uk-government-to-pay-80-of-wages-for-those-not-working/ The House … Continue reading
COVID-19 au Québec et au Canada – Les programmes pour les travailleurs ne sont pas suffisants
Éditorial – Au Canada et au Québec, les gouvernements ont multiplié les programmes qui sont guère généreux, alignés sur l’assurance-emploi et son pauvre 55% du salaire assurable. Voyez ce qui se fait ailleurs, comme au Royaume-Uni où le Gouvernement paiera jusqu’à 80% du salaire de ceux qui perdent leur emploi @ https://jobmarketmonitor.com/2020/03/22/covid-19-and-jobs-in-uk-government-to-pay-80-of-wages-for-those-not-working/. La Chambre des … Continue reading
Canadian Outlook Summary from The Conference Board of Canada (CBC) – To the brink of recession
Canada’s economic growth ground to a halt in the fourth quarter of 2019. With the economy already on precarious footing, the added shocks of the recent rail blockade protests, the arrival of COVID-19, and a collapse in oil prices have brought the country to the brink of recession. Contents of the Spring 2020 summary: The … Continue reading
COVID-19 in Canada – EI reforms needed to protect more workers
A briefing note released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) recommends critical changes to the federal employment insurance (EI) program that could be rapidly deployed in order support more vulnerable workers amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The new analysis looks at which workers are least likely to have access to paid leave … Continue reading
Job Report in Canada, February 2020 – Employment was little changed (+30,000)
Employment was little changed in February (+30,000 or +0.2%), and the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 5.6%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment rose by 245,000 (+1.3%), the result of gains in full-time work (+252,000 or +1.6%). Over the same period, hours worked were up 2.3%, partly due to the fact that hours worked were at a relatively low level in February 2019. … Continue reading
Étudiants Étrangers au Canada – La grande séduction
C’est bien connu, les étudiants étrangers génèrent des retombées importantes pour les établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire et la population en général. En effet, la présence d’étudiants étrangers enrichit l’expérience de tous les étudiants, relie les universités et professeurs aux réseaux mondiaux du savoir et contribue à l’économie locale. Comme on reconnaît de plus en plus leur … Continue reading
Digital Skills Gap in Canada – There is little common understanding of the actual skills or knowledge that contribute to the skills gap
Digital skills are increasingly in demand across many industries. Recent industry reports argue that a shortage of people in the workforce skilled in information and communications technology (ICT) is inhibiting the growth of innovative companies around the world. Some argue that in Canada, this global challenge is exacerbated by Canadian firms’ historically tendency to adopt … Continue reading
Future of Work and Skills in Canada – Countries around the world are positioning themselves
The future of skills has become a subject of global debate. So far, most of the attention from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Economic Forum (WEF), major management consulting firms, think tanks and banks has fallen onto reports warning about occupations most at risk of automation, the number of jobs … Continue reading
Canada’s Black Population – Black youth have higher educational aspirations than other youth, but lower levels of educational attainment
To better understand the educational pathways of the Black population, a cohort of young people was followed over a decade, from 2006 to 2016. Results indicate that young Black people were as likely as other young Canadians from the same cohort to obtain a high school diploma, but were less likely to obtain a postsecondary … Continue reading
Étudiants Postsecondaires au Canada – Hausse pour une troisième année universitaire consécutive grâce aux étudiants de originaires de la Chine et de l’Inde
Les effectifs des universités et des collèges publics canadiens ont augmenté pour une troisième année universitaire consécutive en 2017-2018. Cette augmentation s’explique principalement par l’accroissement des inscriptions d’étudiants internationaux, en particulier ceux originaires de la Chine et de l’Inde. Plus de 2,1 millions d’étudiants se sont inscrits à des universités ou à des collèges publics canadiens au cours … Continue reading
Wages Inequalities in Canada – 60% of the dispersion in individual employment earnings is accounted for by worker characteristics within firms, and the remaining 40% by firm characteristics
While the productivity gap between the top 10% of firms in the productivity distribution and other firms in the Canadian economy has increased since 2000, it has not resulted in a widening of the employment earnings distribution. The employment earnings gap between workers in the top and bottom ends of the earnings distribution has actually declined over … Continue reading
Skills and Education in Canada – Students find it challenging to translate their understanding of skill requirements into concrete choices about education, training and careers
When stepping into post-secondary education, students are at crossroads while they make important decisions and investments amid considerable uncertainty. While this may be the unavoidable norm, better career development and targeted labour market information (LMI) can support students in making informed career decisions and successful transitions by providing data and insights on educational and labour … Continue reading
Canada – Population growth concentrated in urban regions, fuelled by permanent and temporary immigration
Canada continues to be more urbanized as the population of Canada’s census metropolitan areas (CMAs) rose to 27.0 million (71.7%). CMAs outpaced growth in the rest of the country (1.7% versus 0.6%). Permanent and temporary immigration continues to drive population growth in Canada’s CMAs, accounting for almost all of their growth in 2018/2019. In contrast, international migration accounted for … Continue reading
Over-education of Immigrants in Canada – A much higher likelihood of over-education than US peers
Canada and the United States are two major immigrant destinations with distinct immigration policies. The two countries also differ in immigration level and economy size, but their government structures, economic systems and social environment have many similarities. These similarities and differences provide a useful setting for comparative immigration research. This study assesses the degree of … Continue reading
Digital Skills Most In Demand in Job Postings in Canada – Not highly technical programming languages, but everyday digital skills
To illuminate the different combinations of skills that Canadians need to be competitive in the labour market, we have partnered with Burning Glass Technologies (Burning Glass) to examine job posting data from January 2012 to December 2018. This data covers all of the English- language online job postings in Canada, and reflects the combination of … Continue reading
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