Godbout, St-cerny – Service De Garde à Faible Coût : Favoriser La Participation Des Femmes Aux Marchés Du Travail
De: Luc Godbout et Suzie St-Cerny À: Ministres du travail canadien Date: 31 mars 2021 Re: Service de garde à faible coût : Favoriser la participation des femmes aux marchés du travail Récemment, l’OCDE publiait une étude économique sur le Canada (mars 2021). Un constat sévère y apparait : « l’offre de services de garde d’enfants abordables et de qualité […] Godbout, St-cerny – Low-cost Childcare Delivers Female Labour-force Participation
From: Luc Godbout and Suzie St-Cerny To: Canadians Concerned About Childcare Date: March 31, 2021 Subject: Low-cost Childcare Delivers Female Labour-force Participation The OECD’s economic study of Canada this month makes a stark observation: “the supply of affordable, high-quality childcare remains inadequate, prompting involuntary part-time working and career breaks among women and contributing to gender inequality.” […] Aggressive Incrementalism: Strengthening the Foundations of Canada’s Approach to Childcare
Childcare Reform Key to Post-COVID Economic Recovery More accessible and affordable childcare will be crucial in determining whether parents can resume their pre-COVID growth in employment and wages. In contrast to calls for a nationalized childcare system, in “Aggressive Incrementalism: Strengthening the Foundations of Canada’s Approach to Childcare,” authors Ken Boessenkool and Dr. Jennifer Robson […] Jennifer Robson on BNN – Childcare spaces are eroding amid the pandemic
Jennifer Robson, associate professor of political management at Carleton University, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the need for more government support in the childcare sector as lockdowns continue to weigh on parents, and in particular mothers.
Leagh Turner – The Frictionless Future For The World Of Work
From: Leagh Turner To: Canadian Employers Date: March 12, 2021 Re: The Frictionless Future for the World of Work COVID-19 has accelerated changes in almost every aspect of daily life, especially work, where a sea of change is breaking decades-old paradigms to meet the demands of a more fluid and frictionless workforce. And as organizations navigate these uncertain […] Mahboubi, Skuterud – An Economic Reality Check On Canadian Immigration (part II)
From: Leagh Turner To: Canadian Employers Date: March 12, 2021 Re: The Frictionless Future for the World of Work COVID-19 has accelerated changes in almost every aspect of daily life, especially work, where a sea of change is breaking decades-old paradigms to meet the demands of a more fluid and frictionless workforce. And as organizations navigate these uncertain […] Tammy Schirle – The Illusion Of A Narrowing Gender Wage Gap In 2020
From: Tammy Schirle To: Canadians Concerned about Gender Equity Date: March 8, 2021 Re: The Illusion of a Narrowing Gender Wage Gap in 2020 The gender wage gap in the private sector has narrowed – from 18.7 percent in 2019 to 16.9 percent in 2020. In normal times, this would be remarkable. But 2020 was not normal, and […] Help Wanted: How to Address Labour Shortages in Healthcare and Improve Patient Access
COVID Highlights Acute Shortage of Healthcare Workers This report evaluates factors contributing to healthcare labour shortages and investigates the inter-relationships between access to health services, the number of healthcare providers, compensation rates and migration patterns. Recommendations include a critical and strategic examination of fee schedules for physician services, with the goal of reducing the average cost per service […] Green, Simard-duplain, Siu – In-person K-12 Schooling Is Essential To The Canadian Economy
From: David A. Green, Gaëlle Simard-Duplain, and Henry E. Siu To: Policymakers across Canada Date: January 27, 2021 Re: In-Person K-12 Schooling is Essential to the Canadian Economy The extent to which K-12 schools should remain open remains at the forefront of discussions on long-term pandemic management. Transmission and infection rates among children are lower than for adults. At […] How much has the COVID-19 pandemic damaged the economy? – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Along with much of the world, Canada’s economy has suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic and other events in 2020, notably the shock to global oil markets. How badly? An examination of the immediate data and longer trends indicates significant damage, with a lengthy recovery period ahead.
Let’s start with labour markets, where there are signs of recovery but also growing evidence of damage. The unemployment rate exploded to nearly 14 per cent from 6 per cent during the shutdown from March to May. The rate has dropped steadily since as many displaced workers have been re-engaged, but the second pandemic wave and renewed shutdowns in many provinces have meant more job losses. Employment fell by 63,000 in December, and…
William B.P. Robson – Let’s Drop The ‘We Can’t Go Back’ Post-covid Fantasies
From: William B.P. Robson To: Canadians Contemplating 2021 Date: January 5, 2021 Re: Let’s Drop the ‘We Can’t Go Back’ Post-COVID Fantasies Of all the COVID-inspired clichés of 2020, “we can’t go back to how we were before” gets my vote for most trying. Taken literally, it is empty. We can’t undo the deaths, restore students’ lost instruction, […] 2020 Hindsight – William Robson: Our Year Of Magical Thinking – Financial Post Op-ed
Of all the COVID-inspired clichés of 2020, “we can’t go back to how we were before” gets my vote for most trying.
Taken literally, it is empty. We can’t undo the deaths, restore students’ lost instruction, give young people the first jobs they didn’t get, erase the huge debts, enjoy the travel and human contact that didn’t happen. No, we can’t go back to 2019 — which is too bad.
Taken as an exhortation — “we shouldn’t go back to how we were before” — it is too often a prelude to magical thinking, a great leap to some environmental, economic or political nirvana previously out of reach. That is silly. A sick person who was never an athlete can dream of completing a triathlon. But their first task is to recover. In the same…