Seems like the “breakthrough” here is allowing companies to pay a pittance to workers they hire from abroad. It’s onshoring offshore talent. I’m assuming that they’re not looking to bring in skilled workers from countries that have far higher salaries than your average Canadian worker in the same position.

While I don’t doubt there’s some truth to the shortage of skilled workers in the field, I suspect at least some of that smacks of “nobody wants to work these days” with the quiet part being “for the wages companies want to pay”

I’d bet that were companies offering wages commensurate with the skills required that there’d be a reduction in the shortage of skilled workers that companies all seem to be experiencing.

Like many things in life, the adage of you get what you pay for holds true for talent too. Pay too little and you’re gonna have a tough time attracting the skilled workers that companies say they can’t find people for.