Public and Private Sector Roles – here the statements are in agreement: there is a role for both the public and private sectors. The private sector is to be the main source of job creation activity, while Government has two roles: encouraging the socio-economic climate so as to promote private investment activities which would create employment, and second, addressing problematic manpower issues when they arise. The Government should not interfere with the private sector, yet Government should play a leadership and advocacy role in those areas where the private sector is not involved or is not successful; government should avoid giving the impression that it has prime responsibility for job creation or for manipulating the labour force.
Memorandum from D. B. Ogaranko, Planner, Planning Secretariat Ministry of Advanced Education and Manpower) to D Johnson, Executive Director, Employment Development, June 29, 1978, re: Manpower Policy
File 540-17, volume 2, Alberta Manpower Committee. PAA GR1995.0024.