They found about 250,000 jobs or 33.8 per cent of roles held by Indigenous workers across Canada are concentrated in industries with a high risk of automation.
Indigenous workers in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Prince Edward Island are more at risk from automation than non-Indigenous workers in these provinces, according to the study.
Source: One-third of Indigenous workers in jobs facing automation threat, report says
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Brampton,
Ont.-based Loblaw Companies Ltd. said the automated centre will also
serve its subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart, or Pharmaprix, in Ontario and
Quebec.
“It’s a terrible way to start 2020,” said Robert Clément, a Laval centre employee who will be losing his job after 31 years.
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Forecasting can prove difficult, however.
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Kristel Van der Elst, executive head of Policy Horizons, said
artificial intelligence and automation’s impact on the nature of work is
an issue confounding researchers and governments around the world.
“We have an idea, but what (skills) are actually needed is the
biggest question,” said Van der Elst, who is also the CEO of the Global
Foresight Group.