Career and employment counsellors are often primary intermediaries in the flow of labour market information. When designing reports based on the information collected with the new system, prime attention should be paid to providing counsellors with information in a form that they can "digest" and use.
Education and communication are central to the implementation and smooth operation of the proposed labour market information system.
Support for a coherent transition system
An effective system aimed at facilitating transitions into employment must include:
A common feature of income support and other support services is that governments - federal, provincial/territorial, or both have the leading role in establishing the regulations governing their application: amount and eligibility criteria for income support, availability and subsidization policy for child care, equipment support for people with disabilities, etc.
Income support
Canadians have three major sources of income support:
Governments at all levels have a leading role in establishing the eligibility requirements for income support. In transition situations, many people will encounter at least one of these systems, perhaps all three, and perhaps more than once over a lifetime. In 1993, income support systems involved an estimated $22 billion in UI from premiums paid by employers and employees; about $16 billion in provincial/territorial social assistance (the federal share was $7.4 billion); and about $1.5 billion in financial assistance to students through loans, grants, or bursaries.