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Press Release

Halifax Chamber of Commerce to release report on labour and population

HALIFAX, September 30, 2009– The Halifax Chamber of Commerce will release At Issue: Report on the Population Crisis Thursday, October 1st, at a Distinguished Speakers Series event featuring guest speaker, Dr. Jim McNiven, Professor at Dalhousie.

The report, which outlines the looming population and labour shortage crisis facing Nova Scotia, is the first phase of the Chamber’s long term effort to address the population and labour market challenge with a program that called the People Strategy Project. “Small to medium sized businesses in Nova Scotia have to be aware of this problem and begin adapting now,” says Chamber President Valerie Payn.  “This report outlines the problems facing Nova Scotia, and in the coming months the Chamber will be developing tools to help individuals, businesses, and government adjust to the changing demographics and provide resources to them make the changes necessary to adapt.”

“At its core is the need to increase or maintain the population but more importantly the labour market,” says Payn. “But that really is just the beginning. What we have discovered in the first three months of background work is that the challenges for small business that grow from demographic changes are matched by changes created by a changing global economy and even by human resource issues that will result from the solutions implemented to keep our workforce performing at optimal levels and economy performing at a desired level.”

The Report on Population Crisis ties together the effects of a three-pronged problem highlighting the need for Nova Scotian businesses to adapt to a declining and aging population, overall economic shifts and a changing workforce. “This report is meant to spark discussion, build awareness, and motivate businesses to take action on issues that can’t be dealt with by the government alone”

Phase 2 of the People Strategy Project will concentrate on getting the message out to all those who need to hear that the problem is real and the time to procrastinate is over.  The Chamber will be working with government and the business community to share this message and stimulate serious discussions about the looming crisis and potential solutions. Phase 3 of the project, in conjunction with our member organization including the government of Nova Scotia, will offer information, advice, and the connections that small and medium sized businesses in Nova Scotia need to not just survive the coming labour market challenges but to use them as a spring board to become, resilient, sustainable, world class enterprises that will thrive in local, national and international markets.

“We have been aware of this situation for many years and were warned that it must be addressed for just as many,” says Payn. “This isn’t new to us, but yet it is an issue that has been overlooked for far too long. The Chamber is ready to take the lead and tell people about the problems and challenges that lie ahead. I will stand on top of buildings and scream about it if I have to, but bottom line is we cannot ignore it any longer.”

                

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For more information contact:

Janet Creamer

Communications Manager

Halifax Chamber of Commerce

Office: (902) 481-1240

Cell: (902) 499-6494

janet@halifaxchamber.com