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Canadians with disabilities could fill labour gap
Friday, June 1st, 2012
May 31 2012
According to Statistics Canada, people with disabilities are significantly under-represented in the workforce: 75 per cent of people without disabilities were employed in Canada in 2006, compared with only 51 per cent of the disabled. So how do we begin to address this gap? Let’s look at three areas: professional organizations, unions and private business… Canada leads the world in terms of access and attainment of post-secondary education for people with disabilities… Now it is up to employers, labour unions and professional regulatory bodies to work together to ensure that the human capital that has been developed as result of taxpayer and student investment in higher education is not wasted.
Tags: disabilities, economy, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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