They will also continue work on the Handbook on Integration (second edition planned for 2006), which will focus on housing and urban issues, access to health and social services, integration in the labour market and integration infrastructure, firmly incorporating the CBPs into the analysis.

The young: it is urgent to improve the situation of young people on the labour market and to significantly reduce youth unemployment, also in line with the Youth Pact; Women: the proposed Pact for Gender Equality highlights that it is vital to enhance women's participation in the labour market and to promote equality between women and men; Older workers: active ageing strategies should be further implemented; People with disabilities: whose employment opportunities should be enhanced Immigrants and minorities: comprehensive action with respect to anti-discrimination and labour market integration is necessary.

They will also continue work on the Handbook on Integration (second edition planned for 2006), which will focus on housing and urban issues, access to health and social services, integration in the labour market and integration infrastructure, firmly incorporating the CBPs into the analysis.

The first part of our five-point economic strategy—building a highly skilled workforce, promoting learning in the workplace and updating labour market agreements—is on track, as the 2005 budgetary statement confirmed (1835) We announced the implementation of an action plan on labour market integration of immigrants trained abroad.

Second, when it comes to local decision-making, local labour markets are integrated, of course, with regional and national labour markets.

Assessing these labour market statistics, although immigrants to Canada may have difficulty integrating into the Canadian labour market — which is clear from these results — it would have been much worse if employment growth in Canada were lower, as in most other countries.