The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated labour market trends that policy makers have talked about for years. Simultaneously, it has up-ended much of what was previously understood about the composition and resilience of the workforce. Skills and talent are the oxygen that will breathe life into plans for recovery and growth, but coming up with a skills strategy in a country like Canada is more fraught than ever with risks and unknowns. This panel will examine some elements of a skills strategy, from both supply and demand perspectives: what are the prospects and limitations of industry investments in upskilling and reskilling? What gaps should be targeted by immigration policy? Are business and higher education connected in the right ways? Are equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives part of a social agenda, an economic agenda, or both? And do we have the underlying base of labour market information – current and predictive - on which to build such a strategy? Representatives from business, government and academe will discuss how their interests and actions must intersect to create a robust and nimble labour force.