We need to think about the future of jobs after the pandemic

No one can have a 100 per cent crystal ball on the future. But we do need a much better analysis on the future of work. In fact, without much smarter thinking as the basis for labour market policies, we will fail to build back better and risk building back worse.

Minster of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough, pictured June 16, 2020, on the Hill, has 29 'priorities' in her mandate letter, but developing a forward-looking jobs strategy is not one of them, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

December 14, 2020

TORONTO—There are big questions about the future of jobs facing us as we move beyond the pandemic next year, including the number of jobs we'll need, where they'll come from, the level of compensation, and the quality of jobs. We know that more jobs today are precarious or gig jobs—they constit...

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