Third, there are attitudinal barriers, which include the view that employees are a cost to be constrained as opposed to an asset to be invested in and developed. We can establish different standards regarding attitudes towards training.
We have placed increased expectations on job seekers when it comes to the labour market. It is also appropriate to increase our expectation of employers, because access to good jobs, increasing productivity, and supporting greater innovation are important public policy goals. A recent commission in Great Britain, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, characterized it as raising employer ambition. I think that's an approach worth pursuing.
Many Canadian employers do invest in their employees, creating high-performing workplaces. That is what delivers good jobs and a strong economy. We need strategies to encourage more Canadian employers to adopt such practices.
Thank you.