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NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadians should get used to so-called “job churn” — short-term employment and a number of career changes in a person’s life.
Morneau made the proclamation today — days before his economic update — at the Ontario Liberal party’s general meeting.
It also comes just three days after the Bank of Canada delivered bad news for the economy, downgrading the country’s growth outlook yet again.
So, when asked about precarious employment at his party’s meeting, the finance minister told delegates that high employee turnover and short-term contract work will continue in young people’s lives, and the government has to focus on preparing for it.
He suggested that there should be a focus on training and retraining young people for a shifting career landscape.
Elsewhere in his presentation, Morneau noted that some people will see their jobs disappear in the years to come — truck drivers and receptionists, for instance.
But his remarks weren’t all doom and gloom.
He also told delegates that the Liberal’s Canada Childcare Benefit was the biggest advancement in Canadian policy since universal health care.
He says the policy — which was among Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s campaign promises — was lifting thousands of Canadians out of poverty.
