Post-secondary education is a smart route to a brighter future for Canadians

Canadians are widely recognized as being well educated, but recent developments have heightened the need to raise educational standards. Canada's global competitiveness is being challenged by the economic development of emerging economies. The future prosperity of [the] economy will largely be determined by improvements to its overall productivity performance and its ability to shift the allocation of productive resources to higher value-added goods and services. Such an economic transition will raise the educational requirements of the new jobs being created. Concerns are already being expressed that Canada's labour force will not be sufficiently educated and skilled to meet the educational requirements of future jobs. In order to rise to this challenge, post-secondary education (PSE) institutions will be expected to educate a greater portion of Canada's population.

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