Canada is entering an era of tightening labour markets which may prevent the country’s national prosperity from reaching its full potential. This task force’s research focused on key labour issues facing the Canadian economy: inter-provincial labour mobility and the current policies which govern it, as well as widespread concern about looming and severe labour shortages.

The task force recommended a bold call to action: a national dialogue, including a First Ministers’ Conference and a Royal Commission, to create a coordinated and effective response to the challenges of Canada’s rapidly shrinking labour market.

This group had an op-ed published 16 July 2007 in The Globe and Mail, “A hollowed out country in more ways than one.”