The Ontario economy stands to lose at least $40 billion over the next 15 years if it is unable to bring in sufficient numbers of foreign-trained workers to make up for skills shortages, the president of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce says.

Canada’s Employment Equity Act has a long way to go in meeting employment needs of the country’s 3.4 million people with disabilities, a senior executive of one advocacy organization says.

“I think the Employment Equity Act has been a colossal failure for people with disabilities,” says Laurie Beachell, national coordinator of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)... [ read more ]

Canada’s aboriginal population has the potential to provide a solid base for the country’s workforce as the rest of the population ages, according to the director of the Urban Futures Institute.

Futurist David Baxter says the aboriginal population is young and growing at a rate almost twice that of the Canadian population as a whole... [ read more ]

Muslim immigrants make a positive contribution to Canada, according to a new poll released last month. However, they should respect women’s rights over observance of religious or cultural traditions.

Three-quarters of Canadians welcome the Muslim community as a vital part of the Canadian fabric, the poll conducted by Environics for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation showed...[ read more ]

Corporations that include at least three women on their boards of directors have a major advantage, a University of Western Ontario study says.

Female corporate directors need to reach “a critical mass” to have the necessary positive effect, says the study by Dr. Alison Konrad of the Ivey School of Business.... [ read more ]