Slide 4

Why Essential Skills matter

• Link between Essential Skills and health and safety in the workplace (Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council, 2004)
• 1% literacy increase = 1.5% GDP increase per capita and 2.5% increase in labour productivity (Literacy scores, human capital and growth, 2004) http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/89-552-MIE/89-552-MIE2004011.pdf
• Over 40% of working-age Canadians have low Essential Skills levels (levels 1 and 2) (International Adult Literacy Survey, 1994)

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