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After a year marked by reports of mass layoffs and sector contraction, Canada’s labour force is in need of an overhaul, a new report says.

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For 36 years, Sue Jones rode out the ups and downs of Alberta’s oilpatch. But after she was laid off last March, she knew her days in the oil and gas industry were over.



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C.D. Howe Institute, the Toronto-based think-tank, notes that the country is facing a greater number of displaced workers due to the recent commodity price shock and the ongoing shift from lower-skilled to higher-skilled work.

Policy changes, as a result, are needed to make sure Canada’s labour pool can adapt to the rapidly changing environment.