We'll feature speakers who bring a community-centred perspective on the importance of building resilience to future-proof Canada:

🔹Tamara Krawchenko, @uvic.ca
🔹@gmore70.bsky.social, Southeast Techhub
🔹Troy Dungate, CFNC
🔹@ricardochejfec.bsky.social, IRPP
Moderated by @rsamson.bsky.social, IRPP

But there is room for compromise.
irpp.org/research/tow...

The @irpp.org hosted a series of workshops, and published several reports, looking at EI reform between 2021 and 2023.

It isn't easy to increase the number of people that are eligible for EI and the income received on EI, while trying to keep premiums low for workers and businesses.

Stay tuned for more community profiles and recommendations as part of the Community Transformations Project in the coming months.. irpp.org/community-tr...

Given the uncertainty and volatility of the energy transition, there is more governments can do to empower communities to reduce their susceptibility and capture new opportunities. See our recommendations at irpp.org/research-stu...

And Ingersoll, Ontario, one of the first auto manufacturing communities to make the shift to electric vehicles. On first glance, some might wonder what the challenge is in Ingersoll with such a major investment. But the transition was not easy for many in the community. irpp.org/research-stu...

These include communities such as Estevan, Saskatchewan, a city of around 11,000 people that has coal plants, a coal mine and oil and gas production. Estevan is blessed with strong community leaders, but they need more support. See more in our profile of Estevan: irpp.org/research-stu...

But 10% of the population does live in susceptible communities, which tend to have smaller populations, more rural or remote locations, and less economic diversity.

The good news is that 90% of Canadians live in communities that are not particularly susceptible to workforce disruption (job change, new skills requirements, change in income, major inflows or outflows of workers, worker shortages or unemployment).