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HOW DO WE AVOID STARTING A CONSUMER PANIC IF WE DISCUSS FRANKLY THE CHALLENGES
OF CANADA’S INEFFICIENT JOB MARKETS?
In any public presentation
concerning the challenges that we are facing, the emphasis must be on the size
of the improvement in the performance of the economy that should be the goal in
Canada. This means changing from the old ways to a new way of working, based on
a more realistic view of the numbers of full-time jobs that we actually need.
It should be emphasised that Statistics Canada’s methods of information
collection, analysis and reporting have not kept pace with the needs of the
changing economic times.
This has been happening
because of a long-running lack of regular consultation between Statistics
Canada and the people affected by unemployment and underemployment. They must
consult directly with those people, the organisations concerned with helping
those people get back to work and the general public.
Reference: “SOLVING
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN ONTARIO.pdf”
There is the possibility of a Nobel Prize in Economic
Sciences for some of those involved if (a) we get it right, and (b) if, in the
course of pursuing this, someone involved produces some original academic work.
If the Nobel Prize committee thinks it’s important then so should we – and not
just because of the Nobel Prize committee.
One other reason for this: we have to teach the Americans something.
Questions?
Comments? E-mail Robert T. Chisholm, Associate Member OSPE, at attention_to_the_facts@hotmail.com
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