Canada is facing a critical shortage of skilled tradespeople, only doomed to get worse with retirement rates. Our only hope is to attract more workers before it’s too late.
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Instead of a guaranteed fixed income, a universal job guarantee policy provides jobs — and wages — to people who aren’t able to find work on their own.
The nation has very low unemployment figures, but that masks a complex labour market.
With employers struggling to hire enough workers, reliance on automation is becoming more of a necessity than just a source of competitive advantage.
Vacancy rates in the care worker sector have now risen above pre-pandemic levels.
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PhD Candidate, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University
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Lecturer in Business and Law, University of Toronto
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Canada Research Chair, Organizational Behaviour & Human Performance, McMaster University
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NIHR SSCR Research Fellow, School for Social Care Research, University of Bristol
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Professor of Regional Economic Development and Policy, Keele University
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Professor of Economic Geography, University of Portsmouth
