Some organisations matter not only because of the services they provide, but because of what their presence says about a community

Four recent reports from the Four County Labour Market Planning Board reinforce a point that deserves much more attention in local policy discussions, particularly as we head into municipal elections later this year: the labour market in our region does not behave like the labour market in Toronto, Kitchener, or London.

One of the realities of doing business in Huron County is that our labour market does not look like the labour market in many other parts of Ontario. We are part of a region that consistently records the lowest unemployment rate in the province.