Premier Kathleen Wynne has asked a five-member panel to find ways to retool the workforce to suit the changing economy — to be more nimble and tech-savvy, more culturally diverse and more entrepreneurial.
The Premier’s Highly Skilled Workforce Expert Panel, to report this fall, will ask the public how colleges, universities, employers, unions, schools, the community and government could help Ontario make smarter use of the skills of immigrants, aboriginal people, francophones, women and youth to enrich its talent pool and promote innovation.
But at the launch of the panel’s consultations this week at a conference at Oshawa’s Durham College, Wynne said adapting to the “knowledge economy” may be such a key task, it may take a more ongoing body to oversee the issue.
