--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/research/creating-a-more-efficient-labour-market/" title: "Creating a More Efficient Labour Market" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-02T14:09:27+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-14T00:29:54+00:00" post_type: "research" summary: "" post_tag: - "apprenticeship" - "Canada" - "immigration" - "labour market efficiency" - "labour market information" - "sector councils" - "skills agenda" - "stakeholder roundtable" country_focus: - "Canada" province_region: - "National" research_theme: - "Fiscal Policy" - "Labour Markets" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/old-reports_hero_banner_bg.webp" status: "publish" --- # Creating a More Efficient Labour Market Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/research/creating-a-more-efficient-labour-market/ # Creating a More Efficient Labour Market [Download full PDF report](https://csls.ca/pdf/csls2001-02.pdf) Cite this report × Cite this report as: Centre for the Study of Living Standards. 2001. “Creating a More Efficient Labour Market.” CSLS Research Report 2001-02. 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The Roundtable brought together over 70 participants from business, labour, academia, government, and civil society to examine the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Skills and gauge support for future action. Discussion was organized around four topics: improving the effectiveness of sector councils; promoting a more efficient labour market through better labour market information; immigration and the needs of the Canadian labour market; and improving the effectiveness of the apprenticeship system. The report synthesizes stakeholder deliberations and makes recommendations on each topic, and is accompanied by the full proceedings including the keynote address by the Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development Canada. Cette publication présente le rapport et les délibérations d’une table ronde sur invitation tenue à Ottawa les 26 et 27 février 2001, organisée par le Centre d’étude des niveaux de vie à la demande de Développement des ressources humaines Canada. La table ronde a réuni plus de 70 participants issus des milieux des affaires, du travail, du monde universitaire, du gouvernement et de la société civile afin d’examiner les recommandations du Groupe d’experts sur les compétences et d’évaluer l’appui en faveur de mesures futures. Les discussions étaient structurées autour de quatre thèmes : l’amélioration de l’efficacité des conseils sectoriels; la promotion d’un marché du travail plus efficient par une meilleure information sur le marché du travail; l’immigration et les besoins du marché du travail canadien; et l’amélioration de l’efficacité du système d’apprentissage. Le rapport synthétise les délibérations des intervenants et formule des recommandations sur chacun de ces thèmes. Il est accompagné du compte rendu intégral des délibérations, y compris l’allocution d’ouverture de l’honorable Jane Stewart, ministre de Développement des ressources humaines Canada. [Download full PDF report](https://csls.ca/pdf/csls2001-02.pdf)