Expansion in immigration pathways should be the key priority to alleviate labour shortage in Canada.

​The pandemic has aggravated Canada's long-standing labour shortages, and there is no easy remedy. In this context Trudeau unveils Canada's new immigration system priorities.
According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), labour shortages affect more than half of small Canadian organizations. These organizations may have been understaffed as a result of challenges in finding, retaining, or getting employees to work the required hours. As a result of these labour shortages, over one-third of firms reported cancelling or delaying projects, as well as rejecting down contracts and sales, in June.
Additionally, the firms that report they have enough employees, but at a major additional expense owing to salary hikes, flexible hours, or recruiting bonuses, among other things. According to the CFIB, raising wages is not the solution because higher wages imply higher labour costs, which drive up prices and create inflationary pressure.

Finally, in order to overcome its labour shortages, Canada must tap into as many talent sources as possible, both in the short and long term. Canada now has over 1 million job openings and will continue to have labour market shortages as the country's 9 million baby boomers reach retirement age during the next decade. Since the 1990s, Canada's working-age population has been dropping, and future predictions predict that trend will continue. If nothing changes, Canada will have lost a huge portion of its working-age population by 2050.
Addressing labour shortages will need a series of activities over a longer period of time. Improving in automation processes and enhancing the TFWP, may be done in the near run. The more focus must be on the long run labour shortages.
This means that governments and businesses must do a better job of determining ways to link under-represented employment groups, newcomers in general, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, disenfranchised youth, and others, with relevant work opportunities.
Governments have a role to play in alleviating labour shortages, solutions mostly lie with businesses improving salaries and training.
But one solution is to expand immigration pathways for skilles workers either temporary or permanent – outside of Canada. Immigration programs can help businesses to overcome the labour shortages. Immigration programs aims to bring more employees into Canada more quickly while also ensuring a suitable fit between immigrants and the roles they fill. A better Immigration Program would be more accessible to a larger range of talents and industries, and would provide additional avenues to permanent residency. Canadian government should focus on increasing the number of pathways available to international worker, international students and temporary foreign workers via Express Entry.

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