Best practices in labour market information : Pratiques exemplaires en ce qui a trait à l'information sur le marché du travail : recommandations pour le systèm d'IMT du Canada

The forward steps include the additional coverage of Aboriginal Canadians, the territories, and immigrants by the LFS, and the development of on-line Community Profiles at a very detailed geographical level to provide census data on the labour market to Canadians at no cost. [...] Given the importance of the timeliness of LMI, it is recommended that HRSDC officials, particularly at the most senior level, give greater priority to the timeliness of the LMI released by the department. [...] Given the dearth of information on the different types of users of employment forecasts by occupation and industry and their numbers, and the range of decisions these forecasts inform, it is recommended that the government commission a study to document the uses made of LMI forecast by all users, including public policy makers, educators, employers, and individuals. [...] Given the lack of interest on the part of a number of provinces in the creation of a federal-provincial LMI agency, the idea of an agency should at this time be put aside and efforts to improve LMI should focus on enhancing the operation of existing institutions at both the federal and provincial level and on enhancing the degree of cooperation between the two levels of government. [...] The CSLS reviewed the state of the websites on LMI maintained by the federal government and the provinces and practices in the realm of LMI dissemination in other countries.