P1 Thomas Townsend - Local job creation policies in Canada
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Material of the 10th Annual meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development |23-25 April 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden More info http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/10th-fplg-meeting.htm
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P1 Thomas Townsend - Local job creation policies in Canada
- 1. LOCAL JOB CREATION POLICIES IN CANADA 10th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development Presentation by Thomas Townsend
- 2. The Canadian Study Thunder Bay Hamilton Sherbrooke Mauricie
- 3. Ontario Québec Old economy Hamilton: • Steel/Manufacturing Thunder Bay: • Forestry Sherbrooke: • Manufacturing Mauricie: • Forest products New directions Hamilton: • Locally identified and targeted sectors Thunder Bay: • Opportunistic targeting • Targeted sectors provincially determined for each region Human Resource Strategy Hamilton: • Driven by development Thunder Bay: • Driven by local workforce Sherbrooke: • Driven by local workforce and development Mauricie: • Driven by local workforce Best practices • Hamilton economic development strategies • Thunder Bay’s Mining Readiness Program Transitioning to New Areas of Growth
- 4. Ontario Québec Governance/ coordination • Loose co-ordination • Multiple local variants • Corporatist • Uniform committee structure in each region Distant link connections • Depends on composition (Hamilton and Thunder Bay) • Assured through committee structure (All Regions) Scale-free connections • Common in areas where structures work (Hamilton) • May exist outside of formal structure (Shawinigan) Best practices: • Hamilton’s interconnections of committee heads • Shawinigan’s comité de diversification et de développement économique A different approach to local coordination and partnerships
- 5. Province Ontario Québec Local Flexibility • Varies by Ministry program but more centralized • Delegated to local areas Data to support strategic actions Hamilton: • Local University • Work Force Planning Board Thunder Bay: • Workforce Planning Board • Regional Economist at Emploi Québec Best practice: • Hamilton’s Code Red Project Local flexibility and capacity