Canada is not facing labour or skills shortages: report

By Tara Carman. Findings question government's position that jobs are vacant due to lack of homegrown skilled employees. As the B.C. government warns of a looming skills deficit and tens of thousands of temporary foreign workers pour into the province each year, a report from Canada’s parliamentary budget officer suggests there is no significant labour or skills shortage. The findings of Tuesday’s report, titled Labour Market Assessment 2014, go against the grain of the federal government’s position that jobs are remaining vacant because of a lack of adequate homegrown skilled employees where they are needed. More...