Unemployed and underemployed youth : Challenge to Canada achieving its full economic potential

"This paper on youth unemployment (and underemployment) is set against the backdrop of a policy paper series sponsored by Canada 2020. This collection of papers serve to help contribute to the ongoing public discourse on policy issues that impact Canadians and their standard of living. The aim of the report is to bring into focus existing empirical and qualitative evidence to help better understand some of the societal challenges facing Canadians, and in the process inform the role of public policy in addressing these challenges. Much of the analysis provided in this report is based on recent data trends and existing research undertaken by domestic and international inter-governmental bodies, business, government and civil society"--