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Jobs in Canada

4 Nov 2013

At the other end of the age spectrum, the challenges of youth in the job market have intensified since the onset Perception #1: Canada’s change in industrial mix is of the recession. [...] Yet, according to the OECD, Canada last decade, it is debatable whether the impacts on labour fares reasonably well in terms of the fit of foundational skills supply from technological advances are any more significant of employees with the needs of the job. [...] Over the past Consistent with the direction of flows in both population 1-2 years, the pace of hiring in these areas has started and economic activity, job growth in this country has gravi- to subside as governments have turned their attention tated towards the western region and away from central and to deficit elimination and debt reduction. [...] What’s more, the Since July Vancouver: 6% suburbanization trend that was so prominent in the 1990s 400 2009 Montréal: 13% and the first half of the 2000s has cooled in recent years 200 in favour of increased movement of jobs, people and real Toronto: 31% estate development to the downtown areas. [...] An high-skilled jobs and the face-to-face interactions of many increasing number of employers and retailers are relocat- low-skilled service occupations make it more difficult for ing to the downtown core in order to take advantage of the technology to replace the employee.
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Authors

Burleton, Derek, Scarfone, Sonny, Gulati, Sonya, McDonald, Connor

Pages
54
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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