CSTEC and CME have been engaging industry leaders in these regions to identify the human resources challenges affecting manufacturing in Canada. Manufacturers have expressed that the most significant challenges they are facing relate to skills shortages, training, and succession planning. To enable employers to solve these problems, CSTEC and CME created regional forecasts of the labour market so that employers could understand the future of their local workforce. The forecasts predict the supply and demand for manufacturing occupations in each region. These regional reports have been used by employers, colleges, universities and the government to develop strategies to create a workforce that will enable manufacturing to thrive in Canada.