Canadian Labour Congress DESPITE ALL OF THE RHETORIC on the need

for lifelong learning in a knowledge-based economy, real opportunities to learn are very limited for the vast majority of workers in low paid/low skilled jobs. Lack of access to training means that the working poor are trapped in low productivity jobs, many of which are to be found in private consumer services. At the same time, low productivity jobs are a significant drag on the overall level of labour productivity and on productivity growth in the business sec-tor. This problem will not be resolved by purely ‘supply-side ’ adult learning and training poli-cies. While access to training is important, poli-cies must also work to enhance employe