Policy Submissions & Government Consultations
Expanding the Skilled Labour Pool
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CME AT WORK: GETTING MANUFACTURERS THE WORKERS THEY NEED
Labour and skills shortages are the most pressing challenges facing manufacturers today. CME is working to expand the labour pool; improve education programs; and lower the cost of on-the-job training.
Manufacturing Canada's Future: An Industrial Strategy - Policy Recommendations
To help ease labour and skills shortages, governments should:
- Modernize Canada’s immigration and temporary foreign worker programs to ensure manufacturers have access to a talent pool with the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to grow and thrive
- Address Canada’s housing shortage to ensure affordable housing near manufacturing jobs, mandate modular construction to help meet housing targets, and avoid encroachment on industrial lands
- Provide employer-led training benefits, including a 50 per cent tax credit that offsets half the costs of employee training
- Refocus Canada’s education system to connect more youth to manufacturing and skilled trades jobs
- Renew and increase funding for programs that encourage more members of underrepresented groups to seek a career in manufacturing 6. Reform the Employment Insurance (EI) system to encourage labour force participation and labour mobility 7. Increase incentives to encourage the adoption and integration of automation technology