2010 ALLIES Learning Exchange: Maytree SMEs
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ALLIES Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises Project: Engaging SMEs Presentation to the 2010 ALLIES Learning Exchange
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ALLIES Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Project:
Engaging SMEs
Presentation to the 2010 ALLIES Learning Exchange
Engaging SMEs
• What is an SME?– A Small or Medium-sized
Enterprise • 1-49 employees, small• 50-499 employees, medium• 500 or more employees, large
Engaging SMEs
• ALLIES Project
– Phase 1: Research, industry scans, and “What’s worked? What hasn’t worked?”
– Phase 2: Consultation and strategy development
– Phase 3: Role out, test, and adjust strategy
Importance of issue • SMEs are the engine of
Canadian and local economies– 1 million SMEs, 7 million jobs
• Shortage of qualified labour– Experienced by nearly two-thirds of
all SME owners across Canada
• Skilled immigrants overlooked – Between 2001-2006, an estimated
78% of SMEs did not hire a new immigrant
Early results: focused approach• Nearly 1 million SMEs across Canada with paid employees.
Where do you begin?– Vancouver: Engineering Services 1,010 SMEs, 1 large enterprise– Montreal: ICTs 5,000 enterprises; Aerospace 235 enterprises – Calgary: Mining, Oil and Gas Extraction 1,700 SMEs, 47,000
employed; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting, 2,500 SMEs
– Halifax: Skilled trades, Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning, as well as Electrical Contractors, 310 SMEs: Legal Services, 190 SMEs
– Toronto: Computer Systems Design and Services, 7,900 SMEs; Accounting and related services, 2,400 SMEs;
Ways forward
• What investments have been made and what has worked?
• Regional consultations
• Sharing of good ideas
