Media Advisory
June 13, 2006
Canada’s business and labour leaders meet to discuss the country’s skills shortage
Winnipeg, MB - The Workplace Partners Panel (WPP), a collaborative initiative led by business and labour leaders concerned with Canada’s aging workforce and current skills shortages, is holding a forum in Winnipeg to discuss progress made during its cross-country investigation of Canada's skills challenges.  Find out more...

Commentary (as published in the Globe and Mail and the Chronicle Herald)
April 20, 2006
The Challenge of a Greying Work Force
The new federal government has brought to Parliament a more focused agenda. For the short term, that agenda does not say much about the challenges posed by an aging workforce, which is already affecting Canada’s prosperity. The economic fallout from an aging workforce and declining birth rate may be a slow train in motion, but it has left the station.  Find out more...

Press Release
April 18, 2006
Business and labour leaders form unusual alliance to tackle skills shortage problems
Halifax, NS – Leaders of the labour and business sectors are holding an important stakeholder meeting today. They will be discussing potential solutions to Nova Scotia’s labour market challenges arising from an aging workforce. Find out more...

Media Advisory
April 13, 2006
Halifax, NS - The Workplace Partners Panel (WPP), a collaborative initiative led by business and labour leaders, is holding stakeholder sessions throughout the Atlantic region. Labour and business leaders have agreed to form an unusual alliance to lead an important discussion on long term solutions to the labour market challenges arising from Nova Scotia’s aging workforce. Gathering representatives from the immigrant community, education sector, and all level of government, the WPP hopes to influence stakeholders and mobilize those who can – and should – be involved in addressing this very serious issue. Find out more...