This document is a study produced by Stevie Faragher about the Labour Force Development Strategy, a federal government policy paper introduced in early 1989. The purposes of this study are as follows: 1. To evaluate the effects of the federal government's Labour Force Development Strategy on the colleges and institutes in B. C. 2. To investigate the possibility of a co-ordinated framework which will assist the colleges and government to achieve their goals within the changed labour market guidelines. 3. To propose workable links between government, industry, and the colleges and institutes.