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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9999312 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9999312\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10799b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10799b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e55ee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e55ee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SUMMARY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a552b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a552b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">REGIONAL OVERVIEW<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6339ac5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6339ac5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Brooks Region is in south-eastern Alberta. The City of Brooks (pop. 14,451) is located approximately 186 km southeast of Calgary and 110 km northwest of Medicine Hat. Meat processing in the Brooks Region is focused on cattle, including one of the largest beef processing facilities in Canada. Median hourly wages for labourers in food processing and industrial butchers and meat cutters are slightly above the provincial average, and higher than some other C and D level occupations available in the region.<\/p><p>To address this shortage, Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) has embarked upon a landmark Labour Market Information Study (LMI). In its finality, the LMI will provide government and decision-makers with the research needed to make real regulatory change that will bring both prosperity and opportunity to the meat and seafood processing sectors.<\/p><p><em>Taking the Pathway: Understanding Career Paths in Fish + Seafood Processing lays<\/em> crucial groundwork for the LMI by defining occupations and career paths in the fish and seafood processing sector. Utilizing this data, the LMI will take in-depth reviews of each career path, and their specific challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0128158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0128158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LABOUR MARKET OVERVIEW<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6212459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6212459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Regional labour market analysis suggests that after accounting for labour requirements in other sectors, regional labour supply is well below projected meat processing employment demands during the forecast period. Supply constraints are similarly acute among lower-skill workers in the region, potentially due to wage differentials with competing sectors. This analysis suggests significant numbers of workers are required from outside the region to meet labour requirements.<\/p><p>Regional meat employment is expected to grow by over 2.0 per cent annually, rising from 2,700 workers in 2017 to nearly 3,000 by 2020 and 3,600 by 2030. Local processors will likely need to hire 2,100 additional workers between 2017 and 2030 (or approximately 75 per cent of their current workforce), due to industry growth and the need to replace workforce retirements. This figure does not include turnovers which can add significantly to total annual recruitment demands.<\/p><p>The region\u2019s population is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 1.7 per cent over the forecast period, reaching 37,000 by 2020 and 44,500 by 2030. Net in-migration is expected to be the main source of population growth in the region, outpacing births. Despite strong population growth, rising retirements will cause labour force growth to lag behind employment, resulting in a decline in the regional unemployment rate from 6.8 per cent in 2017 to below 5.0 per cent by 2030.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ecf82 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93ecf82\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d857a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4d857a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39864b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39864b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.13.13\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5127\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.13.13\u202fPM.png 448w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.13.13\u202fPM-300x129.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a680471 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a680471\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51be447 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51be447\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title 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width=\"446\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.21.41\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5129\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.21.41\u202fPM.png 446w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.21.41\u202fPM-300x118.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f83984d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f83984d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c137d0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c137d0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LABOUR FORCE<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95d0ad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95d0ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">17,088<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-386ead5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"386ead5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a62ede elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a62ede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LABOUR MARKET TIGHTNESS<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79bfa06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79bfa06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The labour market tightness, a measure calculated by estimating labour requirements in other sectors in Brooks Region and subtracting those requirements from the total labour force estimates, reveals substantial challenges facing this industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eda6c6a e-flex 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https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.25.00\u202fPM-768x116.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.25.00\u202fPM.png 1432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3934ab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3934ab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1 = Meat processing employment demand is less than 50% of regional labour force at annual average employment levels<\/p><p>2 = Meat processing employment demand is between 50 and 100% of regional labour force at annual average employment levels<\/p><p>3 = Meat processing employment demand is greater than 100% of regional labour force at annual average employment level<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c659054 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c659054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a116a3e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a116a3e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cb2d1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0cb2d1d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c573946 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c573946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.31.15\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5131\" alt=\"3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.31.15\u202fPM.png 428w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.31.15\u202fPM-260x300.webp 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf46ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bcf46ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEAT PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dabc75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0dabc75\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91d3a29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91d3a29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.13\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5133\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.13\u202fPM.png 788w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.13\u202fPM-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.13\u202fPM-768x238.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d8dc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52d8dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEAT PROCESSING EMPLOYMENT<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d5bb6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"99d5bb6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86fb017 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86fb017\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.56\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5134\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.56\u202fPM.png 770w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.56\u202fPM-300x90.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-2.38.56\u202fPM-768x229.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210b288 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"210b288\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce23b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce23b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HR CHALLENGES<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c31b3bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c31b3bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As meat processors struggle to remain competitive and increase productivity, common challenges experienced by plants throughout the region include ongoing recruitment and retention issues, challenges with NOC coding, challenges with immigration pathways and challenges with industry image.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aec7884 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aec7884\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROMISING PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb37e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccb37e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Collectively, employers in the meat processing industry in the region are trying various strategies to address labour shortages: building a workforce by contributing to the local community, shaping an employee-centered organization culture (e.g., healthy workplace philosophy, in-house nursing staff, employee \u201cimprovement teams\u201d), workplace ESL training and an emphasis on promoting from within.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa8f26c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa8f26c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1 The number of establishments is based on 2016 data from Statistics Canada\u2019s Business Register.<\/p><p>2 Meat processing employment is estimated based on 2016 Census data for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cca774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4cca774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9fb4ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e9fb4ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af142cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af142cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1.0 INTRODUCTION<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2d2ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea2d2ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>This report is one in a series of 14 regional reports developed to provide detailed labour market information (LMI) for the meat processing industry in Canada. The regionally focused LMI is one component of a broader study undertaken by Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) in collaboration with Employment and Social Development Canada and various provincial and industry partners entitled Securing Canada\u2019s Meat Workforce: Real Challenges, Practical Solutions and Fresh Perspectives.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f7e13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2f7e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The aim of the overall study is to identify the scope of human resource (HR) challenges for the meat processing sector and compile HR best practices that would help employers meet their current and future labour force needs. An important aspect of understanding HR challenges in the sector, some of which are region specific, was to gather detailed information and profiles of areas that rely heavily on meat processing for their local economies. Fourteen regions across Canada were selected for specific focus based on the amount of processing activity and proportion of labour force working in the industry. Brooks Region in Southern Alberta was selected as one of these regions for detailed focus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81061ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81061ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The initial sections of this report provide overviews of the Brooks Region and of meat processing overall in the province of Alberta and specifically in the Brooks Region. This is followed by sections that provide an overview of the region\u2019s labour force and the specific findings for the labour supply and demand, current and future. The final two sections outline the HR challenges identified in the region and some of the promising practices and innovative solutions that employers and communities are trying to address labour supply issues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9e55dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9e55dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE STUDY METHODS USED TO DEVELOP THESE DETAILED REGIONAL PROFILES INCLUDED:<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e15b19d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e15b19d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Two robust econometric models that provide detailed quantifiable projections for both labour demand and supply at the regional level (the first time these numbers have been produced at the regional, provincial and national level for the meat processing industry);<\/li><li>A broad survey of meat processing facilities (n=417) across Canada covering approximately 75 per cent of the industry workforce; and<\/li><li>Qualitative information focused on themes and issues collected through site visits and interviews with plant managers, employees, unions and community stakeholders. For the Brooks Region, the study team collected information from one large beef processing plant (more than 500 employees).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a531ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a531ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.00.34\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5135\" alt=\"REAL CHALLENGES, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS AND FRESH PERSPECTIVES\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.00.34\u202fPM.png 734w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.00.34\u202fPM-300x253.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b15fec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b15fec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d3b282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d3b282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.0 OVERVIEW OF THE BROOKS REGION<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d28da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d28da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.1 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3dab91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3dab91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Brooks Region is in south-east Alberta and includes the County of Newell. The City of Brooks (pop. 14,451), located approximately 186 km southeast of Calgary and 110 km northwest of Medicine Hat, is the major urban centre between Calgary and Medicine Hat and the second largest community in southeastern Alberta.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcbed51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcbed51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2.1 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d54807 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d54807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The population of Brooks Region is relatively young and is expected to grow over the next decade primarily due to in-migration. Compared to the province overall, the population has similar levels of immigrants and non-Canadian citizens but slightly lower proportions of people identifying as Aboriginal (according to Census definitions) and visible minorities.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61357de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61357de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overall population for the region in 2017 was 35,884. According to Census 2016 profiles, the proportions of immigrants (19.4%) and non-Canadian citizens (11.3%) are similar to those overall for Alberta, but there are lower proportions of visible minorities (17.4%) and the population that identify as Aboriginal according to Census definitions (3.5%) (see Table1).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3332592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3332592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.20.44\u202fPM-1024x586.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5141\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.20.44\u202fPM-1024x586.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.20.44\u202fPM-300x172.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.20.44\u202fPM-768x439.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.20.44\u202fPM.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07b4641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07b4641\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to projections, the population levels are expected to increase over the next 13 years (from 35,884 in 2017 to 43,219 by 2030). The population is currently younger than other regions in Canada, with the City of Brooks having a median age of 35.0 years compared to the Alberta median of 36.7 and a national median of 41.2 (Census, 2016). Although the total population will increase, it will begin to be an ageing population, with the proportion of the age cohort 65 years or older rising from 12 per cent in 2017 to approximately 17 per cent by 2030 (see Figure 1). While population growth will be negatively impacted by the continued ageing of the population and an increased number of deaths, this will be countered to a large extent by a predicted continuation of a pattern of net in-migration of approximately 8,500 people by 2030. Overall, the period under study will be impacted by the predicted in-migration in the region, which will result in a small rise in population (see Figure 2).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-019df4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"019df4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.23.15\u202fPM-1024x390.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5142\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.23.15\u202fPM-1024x390.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.23.15\u202fPM-300x114.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.23.15\u202fPM-768x292.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.23.15\u202fPM.png 1508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8dbec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8dbec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.24.44\u202fPM-1024x402.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.24.44\u202fPM-1024x402.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.24.44\u202fPM-300x118.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.24.44\u202fPM-768x301.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.24.44\u202fPM.png 1494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb321e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb321e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1bca0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a1bca0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b1b3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4b1b3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.25.44\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5144\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.25.44\u202fPM.png 854w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.25.44\u202fPM-300x240.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.25.44\u202fPM-768x613.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a2f465 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a2f465\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84561ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84561ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FIGURE 3: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT - BROOKS REGION AND ALBERTA<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0939d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0939d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overall education level of the region\u2019s residents is somewhat lower when compared with Alberta overall (see Figure 3). Just over one quarter (26%) do not have a high school diploma (compared to 17% for the province), and 11 per cent have a degree (23% for the province). From interviews, it was determined that part of this difference may be attributable to the ongoing youth out-migration from the region into more urban centres with the youth often having higher levels of education than older cohorts. This also corresponds to the ageing demographics for the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee41439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ee41439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d48418b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d48418b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d5e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32d5e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEAT PROCESSING<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e531ec6 white-title e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e531ec6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-733ac27 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"733ac27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.0<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e59c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98e59c1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666f211 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"666f211\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span>3.0 <\/span>OUTLOOK OF ALBERTA \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2bfd6b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2bfd6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEAT PROCESSING<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f3b637 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f3b637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1 ALBERTA MEAT PRODUCT OUTLOOKS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed55224 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed55224\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Total output for meat processing is forecast to expand by 2.7% annually on average during the period 2018-21, then moderate to 2.0% during 2022-26 and 2.3% during 2027-30 (see Table 2). Growth will be helped by some increases in meat consumption from 1.2% annually on average during 2018-21 to 1.8% during 2022-26, and 1.5% during 2027-30, as chicken and lamb consumption boosts overall meat consumption.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6660f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6660f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>International exports are forecast to expand at a moderately strong rate over the projection period, averaging 2.9% during 2022-26, and 2.2% during 2022- 26 and 2.1% during 2027-30. There are broad-based gains in beef, veal, pork and poultry product exports. Meat of all types will benefit from the implementation of the CETA3 and the CPTPP4 . Furthermore, Alberta\u2019s exports to other provinces will gain from the overall rise in meat consumption in those provinces \u2013 interprovincial exports are forecast to expand at a modest rate of 1.0% annually during each of the sub-periods. Interindustry demand is forecast to average 1.7% during 2018-21, and 2.8% during 2022-30.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da114b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da114b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3 Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement<\/p><p>4 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74852e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b74852e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.40.10\u202fPM-1024x399.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5151\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.40.10\u202fPM-1024x399.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.40.10\u202fPM-300x117.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.40.10\u202fPM-768x299.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.40.10\u202fPM.png 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09cbee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09cbee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3.1  MEAT PROCESSING EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK FOR ALBERTA<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a383d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27a383d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meat processing employment is expected rise by 9.1% between 2017 and 2020, or by close to 1,200 jobs from the current 13,250. Total employment is expected to exceed 18,000 by 2030. Meat processing real GDP is forecast to expand at a strong pace over the forecast by 3.2% annually during the 2018-21 period, 2.5% during 2022-26 and 2.7% during 2027-30. Labour productivity (GDP per hour worked) is forecast to increase by 0.5% on average over the projection period. This means the needed total hours of work will rise at a strong pace of 2.7% annually on average during 2018-30, 2.0% during 2022-26 and 2.2% during 2027-30. Average hours worked per employee is forecast to fall by 0.2% annually on average over the projection period, which leads to the total number of jobs rising by 2.9% per year during 2018-21, 2.2% during 2022-26 and 2.4% during 2027-30<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc3090 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fc3090\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taking account of both replacement and expansion demands, the industry will likely need to need to hire just over 10,400 new workers, or 77 per cent, of the current workforce over the next 13 years (see Figure 4). These hiring requirements are net numbers of new workers and do not include annual hiring requirements due to turnover.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4659d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4659d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.42.56\u202fPM-1024x507.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5152\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.42.56\u202fPM-1024x507.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.42.56\u202fPM-300x149.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.42.56\u202fPM-768x380.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.42.56\u202fPM.png 1414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad6e10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ad6e10\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d17b8d1 white-title e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d17b8d1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f98f3d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f98f3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.0 <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdfd862 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fdfd862\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae24a1 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cae24a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span>4.0 <\/span>BROOKS REGION MEAT PROCESSORS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d414d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d414d07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.1 EMPLOYERS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b17cbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b17cbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The region hosts three processors ranging significantly in size.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f9609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0f9609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Overall, there are three meat processing establishments in the Brooks Region5, with a focus on both slaughter and meat processing. As noted on the map in Section 1, there is one very large establishment (more than 500 employees) and two relatively small plants (fewer than 50 employees). The largest plant is one of the largest employers in southern Alberta and one of the largest beef processing plants in Canada<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8de5d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8de5d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE CURRENT INDUSTRY WORKFORCE IS APPROXIMATELY 2,700 WORKERS AT PEAK SEASON, WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF BEING LABOURERS AND PLANT WORKERS.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f68a56b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f68a56b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2 WORKERS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5612abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5612abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.1 WORKFORCE SIZE & OCCUPATIONS<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b220f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b220f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The estimated total number of individuals employed by the sector in the Brooks Region in 2017 was 2,695 (see Table 3). One-third of all employed (33%) are in occupations at an intermediate skill level (NOC 9461; 9462) with large numbers of slaughter persons, meat cutters and machine operators. Approximately one-quarter of the workforce (24%) are in the higher-skill occupations of specialized meat cutters and master butchers. This distribution was confirmed during interviews where the main plant made large recruitment efforts to ensure sufficient numbers of skilled meat cutters would be available to meet their requirements. The higher-skill positions generally require 1-3 years of previous experience in meat cutting, with some of the specialized positions requiring more experience and higher levels of skill. The plant personnel interviewed indicated that it has extensive on-the-job training for all of its positions, ranging from the foundational to the higher-skill level occupations. While a high school diploma is often preferred, it is often not necessary to secure a starting position, according to the plant and HR managers interviewed for the study.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d12fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52d12fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5 Number of establishments is based on the 2016 data from Statistic Canada\u2019s Business Registrar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13e68a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c13e68a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.55.37\u202fPM-932x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5154\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.55.37\u202fPM-932x1024.webp 932w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.55.37\u202fPM-273x300.webp 273w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.55.37\u202fPM-768x844.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.55.37\u202fPM-1398x1536.webp 1398w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.55.37\u202fPM.png 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ae987 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b2ae987\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a92be1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a92be1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c8259a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c8259a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.57.21\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5155\" alt=\"A yellow pie chart in the left side. And in the right side the following text: 2,695 AVERAGE NUMBER OF WORKERS EMPLOYED IN THE MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN 2017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.57.21\u202fPM.png 726w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-3.57.21\u202fPM-300x133.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88e0def e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88e0def\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e4b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69e4b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.2 UNIONIZATION<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35de54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35de54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The largest employer in the area is unionized.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a914164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a914164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Workers at the largest plant in the area are unionized (UFCW).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc80ea1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cc80ea1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c143e51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c143e51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6f041f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6f041f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c77114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c77114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.01.09\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5156\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.01.09\u202fPM.png 418w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.01.09\u202fPM-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.01.09\u202fPM-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7de084 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7de084\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123355d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"123355d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4.2.3 WAGES<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261b7c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"261b7c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Median hourly wages for labourers in food processing and industrial butchers and meat cutters are slightly above the provincial average, and higher than some other C and D level occupations available in the region. The median wages for labourers in the oil and gas sector remain significantly higher than labourers in the meat processing sector<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06de56 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d06de56\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2211d67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2211d67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The median hourly wage for labourers in food processing (NOC 9617) in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Region6 of Alberta in 2017-18 was $19.25\/hour (see Table 4). The median wage for industrial butchers and meat cutters (NOC 9462) was slightly higher at $20.20\/hour. These wage rates are both slightly higher than the provincial median rates ($19.00\/hour and $20.00\/ hour respectively) for these occupations, and similar to those in the closest urban region in the province (Calgary). To provide some context, the minimum wage in Alberta in 2018 was $15.00\/hour.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ab63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9ab63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When compared with other C&amp;D Level Occupations in the same region, the median wages for labourers in food processing were generally higher by approximately $4.00\/hour. The one exception was for a farm worker which provided a slightly higher median hourly wage ($20\/hour). A main competitor for the meat processing industry in Alberta is the oil and gas sector. The wages for a labourer in this sector are significantly higher, with a median wage of $25.00\/hour.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ba92a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ba92a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.13.51\u202fPM-1024x641.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5157\" alt=\"TABLE 4: WAGE LEVELS FOR SELECTED OCCUPATIONS - 2017 ($\/HOUR)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.13.51\u202fPM-1024x641.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.13.51\u202fPM-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.13.51\u202fPM-768x481.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.13.51\u202fPM.png 1482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-963987d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"963987d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>6 The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Region of Alberta includes the Brooks Region as well as some additional areas. Reliable wage data from ESDC was only available for this slightly larger region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-843eecd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"843eecd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01760cf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01760cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On a provincial level, the average hourly wage in food manufacturing ($18.60) is lower than other forms of manufacturing ($23.44) and lower than the average hourly wage for all industries combined ($20.75) (see Table 5). The average hourly wage in food manufacturing is higher than that found in retail ($14.45) and agriculture ($17.60) but lower than other industries such as construction ($25.49) and oil and gas ($29.09).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4edcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d4edcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.17.47\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5158\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.17.47\u202fPM.png 840w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.17.47\u202fPM-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.17.47\u202fPM-768x580.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ab83d dark-section e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09ab83d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d83e13c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d83e13c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.0 <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f104571 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f104571\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e78689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e78689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span>5.0 <\/span>REGION\u2019S LABOUR FORCE <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d33ef42 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d33ef42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE REGION\u2019S LABOUR FORCE IS APPROXIMATELY 17,000.<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cfab1b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cfab1b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3872d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3872d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.1 OVERVIEW OF LOCAL LABOUR FORCE<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3710f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f3710f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.1.1 SIZE OF LABOUR FORCE, MAIN SECTORS AND WORK PATTERNS<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab27484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab27484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overall size of the labour force for the region in 2017 was estimated at 17,088 (out of a total population of 35,884). The largest proportions of the labour force for the City of Brooks and Newell County combined work in manufacturing (17% of labour force &#8211; includes meat processing), agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (10%) and retail trade (9%) (Census 2016).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bec9e44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bec9e44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.1.2 UNEMPLOYMENT<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1828814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1828814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The average unemployment rate for the region in 2017 was 6.8%. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-012cae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"012cae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The unemployment rate for the region in 2017 was 6.8% on average. According to Census data, approximately six per cent of the population in the Brooks Region 15 years or older who had income received regular Employment Insurance (EI) payments at some point in 2015.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-254f530 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"254f530\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to EI data provided by ESDC for the Southern Alberta region, there has been a growing trend in the number of workers from the food and beverage processing sector (not just meat processing) making EI claims (see Table 6). The largest number of EI beneficiaries and proportionally the largest increase has occurred among material handlers in the sector (3,009 EI beneficiaries in 2016, with an average annual increase of 143% between 2014 and 2016). One of the main shortages outlined in interviews is with respect to industrial butchers and meat cutters. In 2016, the data indicate there were 330 industrial butchers\/meat cutters collecting EI benefits, with an annual increase in numbers of approximately 56%.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-034e1ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"034e1ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.23.09\u202fPM-1024x361.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5159\" alt=\"TABLE 6: EI Beneficiaries by Occupation \u2013 Southern Alberta Region\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.23.09\u202fPM-1024x361.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.23.09\u202fPM-300x106.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.23.09\u202fPM-768x271.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.23.09\u202fPM.png 1524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d74012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d74012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.2 OVERVIEW OF IMMIGRANT SOURCES OF LABOUR<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff505e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff505e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Currently, recent immigrants and temporary foreign workers play a significant role in addressing labour supply issues in the meat processing industry in Brooks Region, particularly with respect to the highly skilled meat cutting occupations.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5a28c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a5a28c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While the proportion of immigrants in the Brooks Region is slightly lower when compared with Alberta overall (19.4% vs. 21.2%), the meat processing industry is reliant on recent immigrants and temporary workers working towards permanent residency in Canada. In 2016 and 2017, there were 265 positions approved through the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) in the region for industrial butchers and meat cutters (NOC 9462). This number of TFWs is similar to the total estimated number of industrial meat cutters employed by the sector in the region in 2017 (see Table 3). Plant managers interviewed indicated that the TFWP is a key source of highly skilled meat cutters, with most of their skilled meat cutters being TFWs or recent immigrants (often workers who started off as TFWs and are making their way through the immigration programs to permanent residency).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-359e259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"359e259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5.3 OVERVIEW OF INDIGENOUS SOURCES OF LABOUR<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be74385 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be74385\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>There is an ongoing effort by the local plant to work directly with the leadership of the local Indigenous communities to find or develop a successful approach in integrating Indigenous workers into the sector\u2019s workforce. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7001ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7001ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Brooks Region is close to one Indigenous community (Siksika Nation) which is an approximately 40-minute drive from the large processing plant. The Siksika Nation has a total population living on-reserve of approximately 4,100. In addition, there is a small proportion of the population in the Brooks Region (3.5% in Census 2016; 1,140 individuals) who identify as Aboriginal according to Census definitions. In interviews with plant managers in the Region, there are ongoing outreach activities with the leadership of the local Indigenous community, with more effort expected over the short-term. It is estimated there are 600-800 potential workers from the local Indigenous community, so the managers indicate there is continued effort to explore approaches that might be successful for the workers, community and plant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-269c146 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"269c146\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4d241e dark-section e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b4d241e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4669d79 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4669d79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.0 <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d4d42 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4d4d42\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac99ba1 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac99ba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span>6.0 <\/span>CURRENT AND FUTURE LABOUR DEMAND VS. SUPPLY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2adf400 dark-section e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2adf400\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f04b0da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f04b0da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.1 LABOUR MARKET TIGHTNESS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08ecc14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08ecc14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>THERE IS CURRENTLY AN INSUFFICIENT LOCAL LABOUR FORCE TO MEET THE REGION\u2019S LABOUR REQUIREMENTS (FOR ALL INDUSTRIES), LEAVING AN OVERALL POTENTIAL GAP WHICH INCREASES DURING PEAK PERIODS. THIS TREND CONTINUES THROUGH TO 2030.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acc250d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acc250d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.31.14\u202fPM-1024x415.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5164\" alt=\"TABLE 7: Population and Labour Force Outlook Summary \u2013 Brandon Region \u2013 2017-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.31.14\u202fPM-1024x415.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.31.14\u202fPM-300x122.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.31.14\u202fPM-768x311.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.31.14\u202fPM.png 1486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-757aa16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"757aa16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The model projections indicate that, taking into account the trends in migration and ageing, the Brooks Region will experience some population growth within the period under study (2017 to 2030) (see Table 7). These trends will also contribute to a growing labour force for the region, albeit at a slower rate than population growth given the ageing population and anticipated retirements. As a result, unemployment rates are expected to decline from an average of 6.8% to 4.8%, based on increased opportunities but slower growth in the overall labour force.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae8029 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ae8029\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LABOUR MARKET TIGHTNESS EXPLAINED<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196a896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"196a896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Specifically, for this project, the analytic team developed an approach to demonstrate the \u201ctightness\u201d of the labour market in supplying the employment demands from meat processing in the identified regions. LABOUR MARKET TIGHTNESS EXPLAINED This was calculated by estimating labour requirements in other sectors in the region (nonmeat-processing labour requirements) and subtracting those requirements from the total labour force estimates. This difference results in an estimated \u201cresidual\u201d labour force for the region from which meat processing needs to draw. Not all of the meat processing workers come from the residual pool, as the sector actively competes with other sectors for workers; however, the \u201ctightness\u201d measure indicates where shortages are likely occurring not only for the meat processing sector but also likely other sectors drawing from the same labour supply. Using this approach, the current and future labour market tightness was calculated to determine the extent to which the region\u2019s labour force can meet the labour requirements of all sectors (both non-meat processing and meat processing).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585f326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"585f326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As illustrated in Table 8 and Figure 5, the Total Meat Processing Employment (Annual Average) is higher than the Residual Total Labour Force. This suggests there is currently (2017) an insufficient local labour force to meet all of the region\u2019s labour requirements (for all industries), leaving an overall potential gap. This trend continues through to 2030.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d190279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d190279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The analysis outlined in Table 8 and Figure 6 describes the labour market context within which the meat processors in the Brooks Region are operating with respect to finding sufficient numbers of workers from the local labour supply. Within this very tight, competitive labour market, the industry employers have had some success recruiting. For example, in 2017, the meat processing industry was able to recruit and employ 2,695 within a labour market that had a residual total labour force of only 543. This means the meat processing industry was likely recruiting workers from other industries and from outside the local region. While the industry did experience vacancies, these would likely have been substantially higher had the industry not been successful in recruiting labour external to the region and competing with other industries in recruiting workers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-480b530 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"480b530\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29591d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29591d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.34.56\u202fPM-1024x388.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5165\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.34.56\u202fPM-1024x388.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.34.56\u202fPM-300x114.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.34.56\u202fPM-768x291.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.34.56\u202fPM.png 1472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e38a20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e38a20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.35.33\u202fPM-1024x544.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5166\" alt=\"FIGURE 5: Total Meat Processing Employment and Residual Labour Force \u2013 Brooks Region \u2013 2017-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.35.33\u202fPM-1024x544.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.35.33\u202fPM-300x159.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.35.33\u202fPM-768x408.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.35.33\u202fPM.png 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e856e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e856e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7 The labour force includes all individuals who are either employed or unemployed and actively seeking work. The unemployed would include those on regular EI claims along with those receiving other sources of income (e.g., social assistance) who are actively looking for employment.\n\n8 Non-meat processing labour requirement consists of employment demand from other sectors with an allowance for typical levels of sectorspecific unemployment.\n\n9 The residual labour force is the difference between the labour force and the non-meat processing labour requirement.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b037262 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b037262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As noted in the description of the occupations, approximately 40 per cent of the occupations in the industry in this region are in the \u201cC\u201d and \u201cD\u201d levels, which are often referred to as \u201clower-skill level\u201d occupations not requiring post-secondary education. Given much of the focus is on the lower-skill level labour force, the study also analysed the \u201ctightness\u201d of the lower-skill level labour market (see Table 7 and Figure 7) and found the tightness of lower-skill level labour market is also high. For example, in 2017, the meat processing industry was able to recruit and employ 1,690 workers within a labour market that had a residual total labour force of only 280. This means the meat processing industry was likely recruiting workers from other industries, and from outside the local region. This level of tightness suggests that many of the industries that rely on a lower-skill level labour market are also experiencing labour shortages in this region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5240653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5240653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While the proportion of immigrants in the Brooks Region is slightly lower when compared with Alberta overall (19.4% vs. 21.2%), the meat processing industry is reliant on recent immigrants and temporary workers working towards permanent residency in Canada. In 2016 and 2017, there were 265 positions approved through the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) in the region for industrial butchers and meat cutters (NOC 9462). This number of TFWs is similar to the total estimated number of industrial meat cutters employed by the sector in the region in 2017 (see Table 3). Plant managers interviewed indicated that the TFWP is a key source of highly skilled meat cutters, with most of their skilled meat cutters being TFWs or recent immigrants (often workers who started off as TFWs and are making their way through the immigration programs to permanent residency).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60ea938 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60ea938\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.37.39\u202fPM-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5167\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.37.39\u202fPM-1024x426.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.37.39\u202fPM-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.37.39\u202fPM-768x320.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.37.39\u202fPM.png 1490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e5d58d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e5d58d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10 The lower-skill labour force is the portion of the total labour force with no education beyond a high school diploma<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef57bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef57bf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.39.11\u202fPM-1024x211.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5170\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.39.11\u202fPM-1024x211.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.39.11\u202fPM-300x62.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.39.11\u202fPM-768x158.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.39.11\u202fPM.png 1458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3f9025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d3f9025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.40.35\u202fPM-1024x509.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5171\" alt=\"A bar and line graph showing lower-skill meat processing employment (red bars) and residual labor force (black line) from 2017 to 2030, with employment remaining steady while the labor force gradually increases.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.40.35\u202fPM-1024x509.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.40.35\u202fPM-300x149.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.40.35\u202fPM-768x381.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.40.35\u202fPM.png 1474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6989ef6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6989ef6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aad130 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3aad130\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c3430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31c3430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overall summary of the labour market tightness as modeled for the Brooks Region (Table 8) demonstrates the local labour force is unable to meet the employment requirements of employers in the area at average levels. This tightness is demonstrated for the overall labour market as well as the lower-level skill workers. This trend is anticipated to continue throughout the period of study (2017 to 2030). These results assume similar industry employment demand (e.g., no new major employers arriving or leaving the area) and no major changes in net migration patterns.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af45520 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af45520\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4ad7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4ad7a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.43.03\u202fPM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5172\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.43.03\u202fPM.png 384w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.43.03\u202fPM-255x300.webp 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9da0d0e dark-section e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9da0d0e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d514f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d514f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.44.16\u202fPM-1024x307.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5173\" alt=\"TABLE 10: Summary of Labour Market Tightness \u2013 Brooks Region \u2013 2017-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.44.16\u202fPM-1024x307.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.44.16\u202fPM-300x90.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.44.16\u202fPM-768x231.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.44.16\u202fPM.png 1492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4fc900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4fc900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6.2 NUMBER OF WORKERS REQUIRED<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-789c199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"789c199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Within a very tight labour market, projections indicate the Brooks Region employers will need to attract approximately 2,000 new workers to the meat processing industry by 2030. This is equivalent to approximately 75% of their current annual average workforce. This requirement is due both to anticipated industry growth and replacement of anticipated retirements over this period. Unfortunately, this recruitment will be occurring within the context of a very tight regional labour market that is currently experiencing labour shortages which are predicted to continue during this period. This tightness in the labour market is contributing to the high number of current vacancies experienced by employers in meat processing (estimated at five per cent in Western Canada) and to some degree the higher turnover rates in the industry as workers have more employment opportunities from which to choose, particularly in the lowerskill level occupations (estimated imputed turnover rate of 24% in Alberta in meat processing industry). All of these factors contribute to the substantial challenges facing Brooks Region meat processors in their attempts to recruit enough workers to replace retirements, fill ongoing vacancies and work to address turnover rates while also trying to grow, remain competitive and increase productivity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ee3eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1ee3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Overall, it is anticipated there will be a need as of 2017 for increased numbers of new hires, due both to industry growth and the need for replacements as a result of anticipated retirements and deaths among the workforce (see Table 9). Overall, this results in the need to attract 2,026 new workers to the industry between 2017 and 2030, which equates to replacing approximately 75 per cent of the current average meat processing workforce in the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b796f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b796f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cced8d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cced8d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.45.45\u202fPM-1024x237.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5174\" alt=\"TABLE 11: Hiring Requirement Outlook \u2013 Brooks Region \u2013 2017-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.45.45\u202fPM-1024x237.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.45.45\u202fPM-300x69.webp 300w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.45.45\u202fPM-768x178.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.45.45\u202fPM.png 1530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb171f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eb171f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The employment outlook according to occupation is detailed in Table 12 (Annual Average).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81b0708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81b0708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>11 Net hiring requirement does not include hiring required as a result of turnover (i.e. hiring workers to replace individuals who quit or are fired from their positions). The imputed turnover rate (total number of people workers hired as a share of the total number of workers) for Alberta meat processors is estimated at 24%.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be009b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3be009b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.47.17\u202fPM-841x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5175\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.47.17\u202fPM-841x1024.webp 841w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.47.17\u202fPM-246x300.webp 246w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.47.17\u202fPM-768x936.webp 768w, https:\/\/lmi.fpsc-ctac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-25-at-4.47.17\u202fPM.png 1228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04e5a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04e5a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>* this includes occupations in areas such as transport, logistics, material handlers that do not fall within the main NOC codes identified above<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96402b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96402b4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294933d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"294933d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7.0 OVERVIEW OF HR ISSUES ENCOUNTERED<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262a233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262a233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RECRUITMENT<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f3717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62f3717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most challenging positions to recruit for are industrial meat cutters. During interviews, managers noted they are only hiring for \u201cknife positions.\u201d The challenges are that there are limited numbers of higher-skill meat cutters available in Canada, and there are not currently sufficient numbers to train internally. The most challenging to recruit are the highly skilled chuck butchers who are coming primarily from international sources. There are fewer challenges in recruiting for the \u201cnon-knife positions,\u201d with many of these being filled internally with transfers from other occupations who want to spend some time \u201coff the knife\u201d (e.g., boxing).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b00b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1b00b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CHALLENGES WITH NOC CODING<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-895b983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"895b983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Of particular concern for the plant managers interviewed was the current NOC coding that no longer seems to reflect the actual occupations for industrial meat cutters. The NOC coding for an industrial meat cutter is 9462, with the second digit \u201c4\u201d indicating a lower-level or semi-skilled occupation (level C). In contrast, the NOC coding for a retail meat cutter is 6331 with the second digit \u201c3\u201d indicating a higher skill level than that required for industrial meat cutters (level B). The managers noted that, given the changes in the industry to case-ready products being produced within the plant (and not in a retail setting) and the level of skill required for many of the more complex tasks (e.g., loin puller, chuck boner), the classification of industrial meat cutters is dated and no longer reflective of the reality of these occupations. As noted in one interview, \u201cthere are 50 different roles under meat cutter, and 25 are highly skilled, detailed roles \u2013 you can\u2019t just pull someone off the street to do this.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b4fdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9b4fdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CHALLENGES WITH INDUSTRY IMAGE<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-015c961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"015c961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The image of meat processing is viewed by plant managers as a major challenge in recruiting. Examples were provided where one local company (solar energy) was highlighted in local media with the addition of 50 local jobs, while at the same time the large meat processor was adding 270 local jobs and there was little recognition and did not have the same appeal with media. Other examples included recruitment conversations stopping abruptly once the potential recruits understood the facility included a slaughter component. The other main point raised by plant managers with respect to image issues was that the industry is not well understood, in particular the diversity of jobs and opportunities available for potential workers, including well-paying, permanent jobs with significant opportunities for advancement and training.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-763a403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"763a403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RETENTION ISSUES<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2270adb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2270adb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The main retention issues are among some of the hiring from the local labour sources. High-school graduates or post-secondary graduates will either leave the company or move into other areas of the company off the floor. Among Indigenous local workers, there tends to be only a two-to-three month tenure before they move on to another employer \u2013 this is an area of concern, so efforts are currently underway to better understand the challenges in retention with this group. The plant managers indicated their turnover rates are lower than the industry average, and considerable efforts are made to retain workers at all levels (see Section 8).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcdc90f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcdc90f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CHALLENGES WITH IMMIGRATION PATHWAYS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9fc38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b9fc38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While the TFWP is based on the concept of \u201ctemporary\u201d workers, the plant managers interviewed indicated they hire TFWs with the intention that those workers will be able with some support to become permanent residents and long-term employees of the company. Managers expressed concern about the name of the program and the desire that it be in more keeping with its actual use in the meat processing industry (with the acknowledgement that it is quite different in other sectors that are more seasonal). As noted in one interview, \u201cwe are not looking for temporary workers \u2013 we want people to move here and bring their families \u2013 these are permanent jobs where the plant operates every day all year round.\u201d<\/p><p>The current program has TFWs separated from their families for extended periods (2-3 years) and was viewed as \u201cnot Canadian\u201d in that the Canadian approach to immigration should be about building communities. Managers interviewed indicated they are currently working with the TFWP as that is their only source to access international labour but the intention is to then work with the Provincial Nominee Program soon after the TFW arrives to start the employee (and hopefully also his or her family) along the pathway to permanency. Their described approach to hiring after a learning curve is to have 50 per cent focused on capacity\/skills required to do the job with the rest of the selection process focused on whether the TFWs are going to come and stay, bring their family and have a long-term plan to establish themselves in the community, learn the language and help the community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9b2d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9b2d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IMPACT OF LABOUR SHORTAGES AND VACANCIES<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae740a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ae740a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The main challenges noted were the lost opportunities for further processing and specialty, value-added products. The other challenge noted with respect to shortages of specialized positions is that there can quickly be a chain effect on production if there are an insufficient number of specific people in key positions. Given the volume and speed of production, many of the specialized cutting positions are crucial to have fully staffed with performing, experienced personnel in order not to risk interruptions in the production chain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf5b20 dark-section e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cbf5b20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0125b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0125b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8.0 PROMISING PRACTICES AND INNOVATIONS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe4c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfe4c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Employers in the region are trying various approaches to address the challenges with labour supply and retention. Some of those approaches identified during interviews include:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c1421 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0c1421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BUILDING A COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A WORKFORCE<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c04a565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c04a565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is considerable effort, emphasis and focus by the large employer on building and supporting the community within which it is located. This includes supporting the local economy (injection of $20 million per month in wages and local contracts), trying to assist and use local services as much as possible, working with the municipal council in planning, and working with local service providers and businesses (e.g., police\/RCMP, immigrant and newcomer services, cellphone providers, landlords\/ real estate services, recreation facilities, etc.) in welcoming, supporting and integrating families who are new to the community or country. The type of support is varied, including financial support in some cases and extensive participation by community representatives on planning groups, informal and formal partnerships, and ongoing communication with community agencies and groups.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d9875 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0d9875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">COMPANY PRIORITIES AND CULTURE<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f602a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f602a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During interviews with plant managers, supervisors, trainers and line employees, considerable emphasis was placed on the company culture and the company\u2019s demonstrated priorities in emphasizing the importance of people as the key to success. While this is often a motto or desired area of emphasis for many businesses, numerous examples were provided where this was being put into practice, including:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee8e0e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee8e0e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Developing specific training for each level and occupation, with considerable investment not only in the development of detailed training materials but also the development and support of training staff.\u00a0<\/li><li>Supporting a healthy workplace with in-house nursing staff who have expertise in common injuries from repeated tasks, and on-site physiotherapy.<\/li><li>On-boarding new employees through an approach similar to a coaching approach used with athletes covering both physical and mental dimensions of performance. There is extensive, ongoing monitoring, with daily and weekly checks by the training team on various areas for each employee.<\/li><li>Developing and supporting an \u201cimprovement team\u201d made up of eight to nine unionized employees who meet to decide on one area or opportunity they want to address. They research the problem, complete studies and come up with solutions that are tested through trials and then presented to senior management. One example of a recent project was to address monotonous jobs on a specific line. The team designed a conveyorbelt system that eliminated four jobs from which the workers were moved to more interesting positions where they have gained confidence and improved morale because they are now doing more productive work. It is assumed the workers on the line know the challenges better than anyone as they are in direct contact, so the company wants to support and take advantage of this specialized knowledge.<\/li><li>Supporting a \u201ccommunity hub\u201d on site near the cafeteria where local agencies and worker supports are provided space to engage with and provide outreach to employees.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6447e0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6447e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH UNION AND SUPERVISOR SUPPORT<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2957d04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2957d04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the interviews, it was noted there is a good, productive relationship between the employer and the union. The company\u2019s approach is to provide considerable training and support to supervisors, and that these front-line supervisors should be able to address concerns directly with the worker. If an issue cannot be dealt with by the supervisors and gets to the HR level, this is considered an area that needs further work or improvement and likely a change in approach.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa38382 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa38382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WORKING WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41aff32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41aff32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Interviews with managers and employees noted there is ongoing, day-to-day work with community agencies and organizations on the part of the employer. This includes alerting local schools when new families with children will be arriving and partnering on the types of supports that will be needed to assist with settlement. This can also extend to assisting with organizational planning and development. For example, the local French school and resident group made the employer aware that their student enrolment was declining. As a result, the employer made an effort in its next round of recruitment to focus on areas of Qu\u00e9bec in their catchment area with a focus on francophone newcomers who were considering relocating. They successfully brought 75 workers and their families to the region, many with large families which managed to fill the school. The company pays for relocation which is contingent on the employee staying for two years. For this group, many of the families continue to work and live in Brooks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c94e8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8c94e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IDENTIFYING LEADERS AND PROMOTING FROM WITHIN<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458869f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"458869f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The employer makes a concerted effort to develop staff and be aware of their skills and capacities in various areas (going beyond their current role) to recognize the richness and potential that a diverse, international workforce provides for the company. 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