Two of Canada’s top CEOs—Tracy Robinson of CN Rail and Max Koeune of McCain Foods—recently joined Sean Strickland of Canada’s Building Trades Unions for a discussion with the Business Council of Canada’s Goldy Hyder, on the big changes that Canada needs to make to infrastructure development, business regulation and immigration.
Robinson said we need to review our approach to labour negotiations to ensure the economy doesn’t get shut down as often as it does, especially in a world when other countries are happy to see that happen.
Strickland pushed for better labour force planning, to ensure we’re recruiting the right people and right numbers for the right needs in our economy. We’ve talked about that for years. It’s solvable.
Koeune called for immigration reforms that would give permanent residency applicants a clearer view of how long it will take, and where their application is at. He called the system a “black box,” which I’ve heard from plenty of other employers in recent months.