Skilled Migrants Will Account for 100 percent of Workforce Growth in Canada by 2011
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Immigrants will be even more important in the coming years as the “baby boom” generation that entered the work force in the early 1960s to late 1970s is now beginning to retire. These workers cannot be completely replaced by recent graduates as there are just not enough young Canadians available to do it. In fact, by 2030 Stats Can predicts that immigration will be the only source of population growth.
Many key industries are subsequently now in a position where they are being forced to turn away work as they simply do not have the volume of expertise in their workforces.
Speaking in greater detail, Paul Charette, Chairman of the Canadian Construction Association said that “The shortage of skilled workers is crippling our country’s economy. In my industry alone, close to 260,000 new workers are needed over the next eight years.”
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Skilled Migrants Will Account for 100 percent of Workforce Growth in Canada by 2011
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