A second area where disparities may be observed is among different sectors of industry. The Five-Year Report confirms what our research has already found (Bélanger, Doray et al., 2004): ALT is still clearly underdeveloped in the personal services sector and the retail sector, as in the primary and manufacturing sectors (Table 3.2). Quebec is no different from the remainder of Canada in this regard, except in the case of the primary sector, where Quebec lags twice as far behind. Thus, the crisis in manufacturing industries, inseparable from the context of globalization and the migration of production, forces these businesses to focus on specialized niche markets that, in return, generate substantial demand for continuing education and training of all staff.
| Canada | Quebec | |
|---|---|---|
| Source; Statistics Canada (2003), taken from Doray and Bélanger (2006). | ||
| a Canada-Quebec significant difference to 0,01 | ||
| Primary sector | 17a | 8a |
| Manufacturing | 20 | 19 |
| Construction, public services and transport | 19a | 22a |
| Commerce | 19 | 29 |
| Finance, insurance, professional and technical services | 27 | 28 |
| Education, health, information and culture | 37a | 32a |
| Personal and corporate services | 15 | 15 |
| Public administration | 52a | 49a |
| Total | 26 | 25 |
| n = 15,543 | n = 3,664 | |