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Post-Pandemic Labour Shortages in Canada – Increase in voluntary job turnover will exacerbate them
As shortages grow, so will the urgency for Canada to turn to new and under-utilized sources of labour force growth, including immigration, women, and visible minorities. However, these will not provide much relief in the short-run. While the government has lifted the number of new permanent residents to pre-pandemic levels, most of this only reflects a change of … Continue reading
Skills and Occupation Mapping in Canada – The Occupational Skills and Information System (OaSIS)
The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) has been working jointly with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Statistics Canada (STC) to describe jobs in terms of their skills requirements and other characteristics. First, a concept note was presented, outlining the anticipated approach towards mapping ESDC’s new Skills and Competencies Taxonomy to the National Occupational … Continue reading
Apprenticeship in Canada, 2019 – Just under one-third of apprentices had certified in their trade six years after registration
In 2013, there were 93,430 apprentices who began their training. By 2019, six years into the program, those who registered in 2013 were less likely to certify in their trade and more likely to discontinue, compared with those who had registered in 2011 and 2012. This leads to growing concerns about the potential shortage of … Continue reading
Atlantic Provinces of Canada – Employer attitudes towards hiring newcomers and international students
With declining fertility rates, an ageing population, and continued outmigration, Atlantic Canada is facing a population crisis. One of the chief solutions for this problem is to increase the number of immigrants to improve the demographic outlook of the region; the remote nature of the Atlantic provinces, combined with immigrants’ tendency to seek residency in … Continue reading
Slowing Labour Force Growth in Canada – The country can no longer rely on labour force growth to offset its poor investment and productivity record of recent years
Most projections show that the growth of Canada’s labour force will continue to slow for years, with growth dependent on immigration as our population ages. However, the pandemic has reinforced the fact that projections about the future are inherently uncertain. Already, immigration fell sharply in 2020. The pandemic’s effect on the long-term course of labour … Continue reading
(Update) Pathways and Job Transitions in Canada – OpportuNext, a new free tool
The global pandemic has hit Canada’s employment landscape hard and forced many Canadians to transition to new opportunities in search of stability. Many jobs in industries such as travel, hospitality and retail have temporarily vanished, causing tens of thousands of people to look for new employment opportunities. Helping Canadians adapt to these very real and … Continue reading
Pathways and Job Transitions in Canada – A model
As part of our series on Employability Skills , this primer explains how we determine potential job transitions for Canadian workers considering a career change. We identify potential transitions for Canadian workers seeking new career opportunities that are both viable and desirable. In order to assess potential job transitions, we applied the U.S.-based O*NET occupational … Continue reading
Math Performance in Canada – Results over the 2003 to 2018 period show a steady decline with a relatively stable scores in Quebec
How are Canadian students performing in the strategically important subject of mathematics? Any useful answer depends on the measures consulted and the standards against which results are compared. Given the exclusive authority over education assigned to Canada’s provincial legislatures, attention must also be given to the relative performance of provincial as well as other national … Continue reading
L’emploi au Québec (mars 2021) – Plus 26 000 (+0,6 %) et le chômage se maintient à 6,4 %
Au Québec, l’emploi a progressé de 26 000 (+0,6 %) en mars, après avoir enregistré une hausse notable en février. Le taux de chômage s’est maintenu à 6,4 %. Dans la RMR de Montréal, où des mesures de santé publique plus strictes sont demeurées en place pendant la semaine de référence de l’EPA, l’emploi a peu varié. Ensemble du Canada La … Continue reading
Career Transitions in Canada – The single biggest obstacle is characteristic similarity
Most Canadians who want to make a career transition have viable and desirable options, especially if they possess, or are willing to learn, the skills, abilities, tools, and technologies required for their destination occupation. Key findings • We identified potential career transitions for Canadian workers using two criteria: viability and desirability. • A viable job … Continue reading
Immigration in Canada – Immigration inflows to raise GDP per capita, not simply increase the population
The primary objective of Canada’s economic-class immigration programs is to leverage immigration policy to boost the economic well-being of Canadians. To do that, we need immigration inflows to raise GDP per capita, not simply increase the population. COVID-19 travel restrictions hobbled Canada’s immigrant admissions in 2020. In response last fall, the federal government revised its … Continue reading
EI after Covid in Canada – Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts (UISA)
Notwithstanding the long history of unemployment insurance programs in Canada, as well as substantial modifications to the programs over time, employers, researchers, and even the current federal government continue to express concerns about the existing Employment Insurance (EI) system. Indeed, in the fall Throne Speech, Prime Minister Trudeau stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown … Continue reading
Displaced Workers in Canada – Only one in five adopted at least one adjustment strategy
It has been almost a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, forcing thousands of workers out of jobs in Canada — many of them permanently. Although emergency income-support programs were introduced fairly quickly, they were meant to be temporary. With mass vaccination on the horizon, now may be the time to start … Continue reading
Recovery After Covid in Canada – New spending should target the problems that are holding Canada’s productive capacity back
Any further debt-financed stimulus should be temporary, essential, and targeted to improving the economy’s productive capacity, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. At their most recent meeting, the Fiscal and Tax Working Group discussed what form new fiscal stimulus should take, but remained unconvinced that a large stimulus package is appropriate at … Continue reading
Immigration in Canada – Thousands of skilled workers invited to stay permanently
As we confront the pandemic’s second wave and chart a course for our recovery, attracting skilled immigrants—who bring the talents and skills our economy needs to thrive—is a central part of our plan. With travel restrictions limiting who can come to Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is pioneering new ways to engage those … Continue reading
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