OMISSIONS
Searches of the article reveal
little of no awareness at all of any of the following:-
1. True state of the high tech
labour market with respect to hidden unemployment or “under-employment”
2. Re-hires of individuals previously
laid off
3. The implications of the numbers
in the “Ottawa’s Hidden Workforce” report of Fall 1998
4. People out of work who are on
social assistance due to not being able to get work
5. The Ottawa Talent Initiative and
the difficulties encountered by its members - high tech people out of
work, all encountering various
barriers and prejudices tending to block re-employment
6. Correct method for counting
individuals re-hired out of those laid off
7. The Statistics Canada “Life After
the High Tech Downturn ” report of July 20th 2007
8. Confusion and mis-reporting in
the local media, in Ottawa, over the numbers laid off and re-hired ,
caused by incomplete and
contradictory information “:at source” emanating from Statistics Canada and
O.C.R.I., and wrong analysis based
thereon. Mis-use of the information to make it appear there was a
“recovery”, in terms of people
getting back to work, when such was not the case.
9. Implications of immigration
policies on the job market as a whole; no consideration therein of numbers
of people in Canada who are out of
work and cannot get work. Un-admitted and gross job market
inefficiency, resulting from
inattention to stimulating the economy to create the jobs actually required.
10. The Statistics Canada report of
March 2006, “Work Hours Instability in Canada” which revealed a
massive under-employment problem.
11. Only in 2008 – 7 years after the
high tech slump in Ottawa started, accompanied by massive layoffs -
was re-training in new skills being
considered at all as a requirement for keeping people working. There was
still apparently no recognition at
all of the requirement for re-training, with employment guarantees, to
get other people, who are out of work, contributing to the tax base
again