We must ensure post-pandemic employment for so-called ‘expendables’

So we will need to pay much greater attention to building a better future for low-wage workers.

In a recent speech, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem acknowledged the economic pain of many low-wage workers—employment in low-wage work is more than 25 per cent below its pre-pandemic level. But he was optimistic that once Canada achieved widespread vaccination, high-contact service industries such as retailing and restaurants should be able to resume something approaching 'full operations.' But will they?The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

March 1, 2021

TORONTO—One of the most urgent messages from the pandemic world is that when the crisis is over, many people who lost their jobs—there are some 850,000 Canadians affected—won’t get their old jobs back, and will lack the skills for the new jobs. Most are in low-wage jobs. The actual number at...

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