From Class to Career: How Work Integrated Learning Benefits Graduates Looking for Jobs
• Work integrated learning (WIL) is associated with easing graduates’ transition into the labour market, as measured by employment outcomes such as income, employment status, or whether the occupation matches the student’s field of study. This report analyses newly available data to provide insights into the success of different types of WIL (e.g., co-op programs […] Åke Blomqvist – Binding Arbitration Should be Front and Centre in Public Sector Contract Talks
From: Åke Blomqvist To: Canada’s labour ministers Date: May 26, 2023 Re: Binding Arbitration Should be Front and Centre in Public Sector Contract Talks High and unpredictable inflation has made labour negotiations more difficult. The recent strike by more than 150,000 federal public servants is but one illustration. Lasting 12 days for most affected workers and two weeks for 35,000 Canada Revenue […] Canada’s Labour Shortage with Mikal Skuterud
As we come out on the other side of COVID-19, Canada’s labour shortage is quickly improving. However, as C.D. Howe Institute Fellow-In-Residence and University of Waterloo Economics Professor Mikal Skuterud tells us on episode seven, the fuel for the economic recovery requires targeted immigration. Feeble Business Investment Shows Morneau is Right About Economic Stagnation – Financial Post Op-Ed
A core message in former federal finance minister Bill Morneau’s 2022 book, Where To from Here?, is that Canada needs faster economic growth, which requires higher business investment. If Canadian living standards fail to keep pace with those abroad, ever fewer talented people will choose Canada as a place to live and work. The latest numbers make heeding his warning even more urgent.
In his book, Morneau cites figures from the C.D. Howe Institute showing that business investment per available worker — spending on new capital divided by the labour force — has been lower in Canada than in other OECD countries, especially the United States. He laments that raising investment to spur faster growth is not a priority for the…
Tammy Schirle – The Surprisingly Smaller Gender Wage Gap
From: Tammy Schirle To: Canadians concerned about gender equity Date: March 7, 2023 Re: The Surprisingly Smaller Gender Wage Gap The gender wage gap in the private sector has remained smaller after 2019. In many ways this is surprising and could represent a good-news story for International Women’s Day tomorrow. Why surprising? When we saw […] Parisa Mahboubi – Post-pandemic Youth Job Recovery Needs Help
To: Labour Force Watchers From: Parisa Mahboubi Date: March 2, 2023 Re: Post-pandemic Youth Job Recovery Needs Help COVID-19 and its restrictions hit young Canadians hard because they were overrepresented in industries that suffered most. They were also the principal group affected by the education disruptions that can lead to lower incomes and higher unemployment. Current record low unemployment […] Tingting Zhang – Let’s Break Canada’s Skilled Trades Logjams
From: Tingting Zhang To: Canadian Labour Force Observers Date: March 1, 2023 Re: Let’s Break Canada’s Skilled Trades Logjams Skilled trades are essential to the Canadian economy. Every day we need tradespeople to build, maintain, and repair our homes, machines, and cars. The housing and infrastructure industry is booming, retirements are looming and Canada’s energy transition will also demand […] Splinter, Mahboubi – Confronting Canada’s Crippling Shortage of Truck Drivers
From: Angela Splinter and Parisa Mahboubi To: Canadian Logistic Watchers Date: February 15, 2023 Re: Confronting Canada’s Crippling Shortage of Truck Drivers Trucking and logistics are key to Canada’s economic growth. With more than $850 billion in goods transported each year by truck, nearly everything Canadians consume travels on tires, but chronic labour shortages in the trucking sector are […] Mahboubi, Zhang – Where Have the Jobs Gone in These Five Sectors?
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang To: Canadian Labour Force Observers Date: February 14, 2023 Re: Where Have the Jobs Gone in These Five Sectors? Since the return to pre-pandemic employment levels in November 2021, Canada’s economy has added more than 600,000 new jobs. Even so, employment in some sectors remains below 2019 levels. Why the uneven recovery? […] Why is employment still down in these five industries? – Financial Post Op-Ed
Since Canada’s return to pre-pandemic employment levels in November 2021, the labour market has added another 600,000-plus jobs. But employment in some industries still isn’t back to pre-pandemic levels. Why the uneven recovery?
The overall recovery in jobs was rapid, with total employment reaching 19,770,300 by December 2022 — 3.3 per cent above its pre-pandemic level (February 2020). But in five broad industries jobs are still down. These are: accommodation and food services, which is still 126,900 jobs short of its pre-pandemic employment; “other services” excluding public administration (52,700 short); business, building and other support services (48,500 short); agriculture (37,200 short) and…
Joseph Marchand – Final Call to Release Alberta’s Minimum Wage Expert Panel Report
From: Joseph Marchand To: Brian Jean, Alberta Minister of Jobs, Economy and Northern Development Date: February 9, 2023 Re: Final Call to Release Alberta’s Minimum Wage Expert Panel Report In its successful 2015 campaign, the NDP pledged a $15 minimum wage, and moved swiftly to lift Alberta’s $10.20 an hour to $15 over three years. […] Aksoy, Barrero, Bloom, Davis, Dolls, Zarate – How Remote-Working Canadians Use Commute Time Savings
From: Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate To: Canadian Commuters Date: February 1, 2023 Re: How Remote-Working Canadians Use Commute Time Savings COVID-19 brought a large, lasting shift to work from home. Clearly, this shift reduces the amount of time that workers spend commuting. But […]