Table 8 summarizes the recommended implementation steps, their possible impact and the costs of non-action related to the Province of Manitoba and the needs of the Aboriginal job seeker.

Table 8. Summary of Implementation and Impacts Province of Manitoba
Implementation Steps Possible Impacts Cost of Non-action
Support a rural and Northern Manitoba needs assessment to determine the EC capacity gaps. Put in place a provincial professional development process for ECs including Certification 1. Creates an environment for positive networking between the two employee groups. Note that Leadership and funding systems are in place to make this happen.
2. Client interventions and plans are more appropriate and successful		 1. Potentially five more years with no change in statistics.
2. There is no movement on the integration of government services. 3. The EC profession continues to develop in a fragmented fashion.
Seek partnerships with First Nations communities i.e. Fisher River and OCN to determine and model the best practices for capacity building of ECs 3. This presents an immense opportunity to share programs as well as the prospect of ECs really understanding the rural and northern employment and labour market conditions. 4. Silo funding continues with poor results.
5. Partnerships continue in small pockets with no focussed plan for replication of best practices.
Develop modules complementary to national standards. Prairie specific competencies that deal with Aboriginal employment and community capacity 4. Manitoba can present themselves as a leader in Aboriginal labour force attachment.
5. Competency based standards for ECs across the province.		 6. Perpetuation of the message that success is impossible.
7. The progress of Aboriginal people as viable Canadian workers will be much slower.
Determine appropriate measurements and indicators of success for labour market attachment. Lobby the Federal government for better statistical data in the Prairies. 6. The overall systems related to Aboriginal employment and economic stability will begin to get policy attention equal to health and education.
7. Manitoba will know how bad the problem really is.		 8. Wait for another ten years to see if the data is getting any better.
9. Continue to budget for the high social costs associated with the current problems and insufficient federal financial support.
Secure the resources and supports necessary to support the aggressive development of a northern labour market. 8. The young Aboriginal labour market gets real world and real work experiences prior to making education and employment decisions.
9. The economic impacts are felt across the province.		 10. Rural and northern First Nations communities continue to struggle with small amounts of funding and make slow progress.
11. Lack of a labour market stunts the growth of Manitoba investments.