Skills

Key Points 25% of Canada’s 4 million tradespeople will need to upgrade their skills within five years amid significant digital disruption.1 Canada will face a shortage of at least 10,000 workers in nationally recognized Red Seal trades over that period—a deficit that swells tenfold when 250 provincially regulated trades are included.2 The most severe shortages […]

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RBC Economics investigates how the pandemic is affecting women in work and what needs to be done to secure full labour market participation.