Canadian Press: Work Streams and Alberta Wildfires

canadian press: The meeting follows data showing that in May the country had its worst one-month performance in real gross domestic product in seven years — dating back to the darkest days of the Great Recession, according to The Waterloo Record. Statistics Canada said the economy contracted 0.6 per cent that month, in large part due to the Alberta wildfires. The council, created to provide advice to the Trudeau government, is scheduled to meet Finance Minister Bill Morneau in Toronto on Wednesday. Barton, global managing director of the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., told The Canadian Press that the group is "driving along" four classic work streams. The group, he said, is looking at options to boost immigration as a way to help offset the demographic obstacle. Canada rapidly aging population is one of the challenges that council members have been exploring, he added. "We're going to have really big headwinds on labour-force participation over the next 10 to 15 years, so how do we get more people to participate in the economy " said Barton, a Canadian who is a sought-after international expert who has advised governments and big companies with economic strategy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.