74.13 Policy on Encouragement of Small Labour Intensive Industries
Whereas, Smaller, labour-intensive industries tend to utilize local employees in a more variable and job satisfactory work environment; and since such industries are more adaptable to changing products, and people are more adaptable to changing occupations than lifestyle; and,
Whereas, Industries employing natural resources, native to the area, form a useful market for local raw supply producers; and industries using indigenous materials can locate in small communities, thus providing meaningful employment for local residents, where they want to remain, thus avoiding the dislocation of families, the abandonment of small communities and the undisciplined migration to the cities; and,
Whereas, Community industries and farms tend to be owner-operated and therefore managed on the spot by someone with a vested interest in the success of the local operation; and since smaller industries have a less disruptive effect on the environment and can be more easily managed in regard to pollution abatement, control etc; and,
Whereas, With today’s social assistance measures, there is a decrease in worker mobility, with a resulting drain on the economy that could be reversed with more creative local employment; therefore be it,
RESOLVED, That the National Council of Women of Canada ask the Government of Canada to grant more easily obtainable financial and advisory assistance to small businesses and farms.