Harper to Attend the ‘Remaking Canadian Labour Force’ Shortage

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The longstanding shortage of skilled workers in Canada has, in fact, annoyed the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, who allegedly has aimed to take a decisive action to resolve the everlasting problem. Our sources confirm that, for the past year, the prime minister had kept an eye on his government for coming up with solutions and new method to cater the situation and help Canadians to get the right skills for the right jobs.

The Federal Human Resources Minister, Diane Finley, recently asserted that the issue of labour and skills shortage has become “the most significant socio-economic challenge ahead of us in Canada.” Officials claim that several proposals were brought forward to enhance or develop new national skills training strategy, which were presented to cabinet and returned back to drawing board at least twice in the past year, including the idea to form a whole new ministry to focus on the issue. However, the latest version, i.e. without the recommendation of forming a new ministry, is anticipated to become the centerpiece of the federal budget to be presented on Thursday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

Currently, the federal government is awarding the provinces more than $2 billion a year, from its Employment Insurance fund, for implementing and sustaining a wide range of skills training programs. However, an insider source claims that Harper is overly concerned at the lack of results, and might even suggest taking over some programs from the provinces and control them on a federal level.