More than 700,000 low-skilled workers will be unemployable by 2021
By Rick Miner — National Post — Feb. 4, 2010
It may be difficult to imagine, but Ontario is on the verge of an unemployment crisis that could be far more destructive than the 2009 recession. (more…)
Unskilled workers in Canada will be chasing fewer positions in coming decade as good jobs go begging, says ex-head of Toronto's Seneca College
By Elizabeth Church— The Globe and Mail – Feb. 3, 2010
An economy with rising unemployment and good jobs going begging: That's the paradox one veteran academic leader sees looming without a shift in attitude toward higher education and an increase in skilled workers. (more…)
By DAVID GRAINGER — National Post — July 17, 2009
I have a great problem. It is one many business owners are quite jealous of — it is that my restoration facility is full of ongoing projects. As a matter of fact, there are more projects than there are people to work on them. (more…)
Laid-off workers go back to school, creating challenges for colleges
By ROSANNA TAMBURRI — The Globe and Mail – Feb. 4, 2009
Christina Kleinschmidt, 39, represents the new face of college students. Applications to community colleges across the country are surging as displaced workers and other mature students, facing grim economic prospects, are opting for a college education. (more…)
BRANDON WALKER — The Daily Press (Timmins, ON) — Oct. 2, 2008
The Ontario Mining Association is trying to encourage women, young people and Aboriginals to work in a sector that will need 93,000 new employees nationally in the next decade. (more…)
Local candidates claim their political parties have the necessary skills to help end the labour crisis
JESSICA YOUNG — The Daily Press (Timmins, ON) — Oct. 2, 2008
It’s no secret that Northern Ontario is in dire need of more tradespeople and skills training. (more…)
Business coalition demands parties pay mind to issue in federal election
PAUL VIEIRA — National Post – Sept. 24, 2008
OTTAWA - The shortage of skilled labour in Canada is reaching the point of a “national crisis” that threatens to destroy industry in Canada unless dealt with by the political parties aiming to form the next government, a coalition of business groups, unions and colleges warned yesterday. (more…)
The Canadian Press – July 11, 2008
KINGSTON, Ont. - Ontario’s Construction Sector Council says the province’s construction industry is expected to maintain manageable growth over the next eight years despite a weakening economy, and to need 74,000 new workers. (more…)
TONY WONG — Toronto Star — June 3, 2008
Canada needs at least an additional 250,000 construction workers over the next eight years to keep pace with new projects and replenish an aging workforce, an industry report says. (more…)
LOUISE BROWN - Toronto Star - May 23, 2008
He’s making a wooden piggy bank in the shape of the Montreal Canadiens logo, even though his team is out of the playoffs. (more…)
A time bomb has been created by demographics
CanWest News Service - May 12, 2008
OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Stephen Harper gathered the country’s premiers at 24 Sussex Drive last fall, he wanted them to focus on what he saw as the country’s No. 1 economic problem: Within a decade or two, there simply will not be enough workers in the country. (more…)
Minister says ways must be found to get more people into workforce
RICHARD BRENNAN - Toronto Star - April 12, 2008
OTTAWA-The biggest challenge facing Canada is the shortage of workers, totalling hundreds of thousands across the country, Human Resources and Social Development Minister Monte Solberg says. That means young and older workers alike, Canadians with disabilities, natives and people now not in the workforce for whatever reason are being urged to grab a hammer, turn a lathe, drive a truck or do whatever is needed to keep the economy going. (more…)