April 4 2008 - Statistics Canada reports that the
unemployment rate rose to 6.0% in March even though employment rose by an estimated 15,000 over the month.
The participation rate to 68.0% - the highest ever.
March 28 2008 British Columbia Economic Development Minister Colin Hansen has announced CDN$1 million in funding to
improve international credential recognition programs in the province.
February 5 2008 - Launch of a two-year pilot project aimed at foreign workers, intended to offset serious employee
shortages in tourism/hospitality and trucking.
January 29 2008 - The British Columbia provincial goverment has signed a memorandum of understanding
with the Philippine government aimed at reducing the shortage of skilled workers in B.C.
June 22 2006 - New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord announced
this week that Illinois-based Virtual-Agent Services (VAS) has established a
customer-contact centre in the Town of Nackawic, its 15th centre in the province.
It is expected that the new centre will create up to 50 jobs within its first year
of operation.
June 20 2006 - A survey by Hewitt Associates, a global HR services company,
has found that big and small organizations in all industries throughout Canada are
finding it challenging to attract and retain workers. Most of the 232 employers in the survey
are focusing on flexibility as a means of addressing the problem.
February 25 2006 - A study recently published by the
C.D. Howe Institute shows that the slowdown of Canada’s productivity growth and the widening gap between
Canadian and US per capita incomes in recent years has led to fresh concerns
about a brain drain of highly qualified individuals and entrepreneurs.
December 10 2005 - Manitoba launched a stronger focus on provincial immigration strategies to increase
employer participation and involvement at a special forum held on December 9.
June 2 2005 - Canada and Saskatchewan have signed a new immigration agreement,
replacing the original Canada-Saskatchewan Agreement of March 16, 1998.
March 10 2005 - A recent survey found that only a half of businesses
seemed to be concerned about employee retention.
January 19 2005 - The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program
(SINP) has been opened up to help employers bring skilled workers to the province.
November 30 2004 - A new mentoring
program that matches skilled immigrants with established professionals who
share the same occupation has been launched.
October 16 2003 - A new program is being launched to increase
awareness among employers of the benefits of hiring, training and retaining internationally trained workers
living in Canada.
September 24 2003 - It's a standard interview question, but the answers employers receive can be far from ordinary.
July 8 2003 - More work needs to be done to attract high-skilled immigrants
to Toronto if the city's potential for growth in producing knowledge-based goods and services
is to be realized.
April 4 2003 - March saw the creation of another 17,100 new jobs in Ontario, which
means that 71,000 new jobs were created in the first quarter of 2003 and a total of
1,105,000 net new jobs since 1995.
January 6 2003 - Tax incentives aimed at creating jobs
in Ontario's small business and mining sectors took effect on January 1, 2003.
May 29 2002 - Fifty business and community leaders united yesterday in an effort to address a shortage
of student work experience opportunities in Ontario.
May 29 2002 - A Toronto City survey of people leaving
social assistance still face a poverty trap from which it is difficult to escape.
May 11 2002 - "Jobs First" initiative celebrates its first anniversary in Regina.
A generalized staff shortage or several isolated shortages
of skilled employees is likely with the imminent retirement of baby boomers as early as 2006.
February 15 2002 - The Centennial Student Employment Program. The program is
intended to give 16-years and older students returning to school next fall
with job opportunities relevant to their personal education and career goals.
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