Abstract:This essay examines the nature of industrial adjustment, Canada's history in dealing with it, and some recent developments in the steel industry that point in new directions. It takes as a starting point the pressure for industrial transformation in Canada both because of declining resource prices and the prospects of free trade. Effective industrial adjustment mechanisms to ease the pain of transformation may help us to move through it with greater social cohesion.
Past programs of adjustment have concentrate… Show more
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