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| Strategy for Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training in Canada | | Posted: September 27, 2006 |
The critical need to improve postsecondary education and skills training in Canada is driven by both global competition and local challenges. To remain prosperous in the face of this competition, Canada needs a workforce that is qualified, flexible, adaptable, andinnovative.
Canadians understand that when we invest in postsecondary education and skills training today, we build jobs and prosperity for tomorrow. The brains and know-how of the skilled work force are the competitive edge in the 21st Century.
The provinces and territories and the federal government each have roles to play in ensuring Canada’s future prosperity. Provinces and territories have exclusive jurisdiction over the design, planning and delivery of their postsecondary education and skills training systems. Provinces and territories work in partnership with students, colleges, universities, skills training delivery partners, business, labour organizations and other groups to ensure successful planning and delivery of programs. In addition, each province and territory is responsible for working with its partners to measure and report to its own citizens on the effectiveness of postsecondary education and skills training
programs.
The fiscal imbalance between revenue sources and spending responsibilities between the federal government and provincial-territorial governments makes it increasingly difficult to maintain and improve postsecondary education and skills training.
Canadians expect premiers and the Prime Minister to build a new and successful partnership that will help Canadians and Canada to lead the world when it comes to our shared progress and prosperity.
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