Fixing Canada’s labour shortages requires re-imagination

We are still operating a credentialing system optimized for the 1980s economy. We should reimagine policy, and train workers for the Canadian labour market in their home countries before they emigrate.
An innovative approach requires government to stop treating skills training as a domestic affair when the labour market is definitionally global, writes Kumaran Nadesan.

Canada is facing a number of labour challenges that will require creative solutions. As the federal government implements strategies to return to sustainable immigration levels, including a further reduction in the number of temporary foreign workers and international studen...

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