Summary
Our country's primary strategy to cope with our labour problems has been to attract workers from other countries; Canada currently draws approximately 220,000 people a year through immigration. Yet, to maintain even a nominal level of growth in our labour force, that number needs to double in the coming years.
It's clear Canada needs to find alternative solutions. A more sustainable strategy might be for governments and businesses to focus on developing a 'homemade' labour supply; maybe it's time for governments to tackle the problem of slumping birth rates.Canada can no longer ignore that it's becoming less efficient for us to import people; worldwide demand of the scarce "human resource" will only continue to increase. As a result, governments and businesses must do a better job to encourage the "manufacture" of babies.See the full content of this document
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Canada's Birth-Rate Crisis
Immigration alone will not fix impending labour shortages
Despite the worldwide recession, Canada is in the midst of a long-range labour shortage.Between now and 2020, baby-boomer retirements, coupled ...See the full content of this document
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