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Beyond Chicken Little: Understanding the need for measured reforms to Alberta’s system for skills training

Beyond Chicken Little: Understanding the need for measured reforms to Alberta’s system for skills training

When thinking about Alberta’s labour market recently, it’s hard not to be reminded of the children’s fable about Chicken Little. No matter who you talk to – employers, government, or the media – everybody seems to be saying the sky is falling.

In this paper we argue that while the current Alberta labour market is tight, there is no reason to over-react. The sky is not falling.