The Community Futures Development Association of BC, in partnership with the BC Chamber of Commerce, is analyzing the labour market for small business as it relates to skills and an aging workforce.

The project is serving as a venue to engage BC small businesses in a proactive process that will enable them to deal more effectively with the current challenges they are facing in acquiring the skilled workers they need to be successful.

To achieve broad input from businesses, the project is undertaking a telephone/web survey process. The survey has been designed to gather detailed information on the current impact of skill shortages on small BC businesses.

The survey will solicit responses from 2,000 business owners in Northern BC.

From the results of this survey, the project team will then analyze and distill the information gathered. The project team will then develop a report on the information collected, and recommend the action to be pursued in Phase II of the BC Skills Force Initiative. The report and recommendations will be posted on this website. 

If you are a small business owner (50 employees or less) and reside in Northern BC, we would very much like you to participate in the survey. Please click on the following link. The survey will take less than 5 minutes to complete.

http://www.surveylogix.com/take_survey.spark?surveyID=9547

If you would like to complete the survey through means other than the Internet, please contact West Coast Group International (toll-free 1-888-562-9283) between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. In addition, you may contact WCG by email at

bgallant@wcginternational.com