Canada Employment Program for Thousands of Disabled Workers Faces Uncertain Future as Labor Shortage Persists
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Updated · NTV News · Jul 31
Canada Employment Program for Thousands of Disabled Workers Faces Uncertain Future as Labor Shortage Persists
1 articles · Updated · NTV News · Jul 31
Summary
Thousands of Canadians with intellectual disabilities and autism who are ready to work remain sidelined even as employers struggle to fill jobs.
A national employment program has been helping connect those workers to jobs, making it a key response to both labor shortages and chronic underemployment among disabled Canadians.
That program’s future is now uncertain, raising questions about whether employers will keep gaining access to an overlooked labor pool.
The risk is broader than one initiative: if support weakens, Canada could lose a practical way to ease worker shortages while expanding employment for people with disabilities.