{"id":10471,"date":"2021-06-04T18:58:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/06\/04\/canadas-worker-shortage-problem-isnt-going-away-anytime-soon\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T18:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:58:21","slug":"canadas-worker-shortage-problem-isnt-going-away-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/06\/04\/canadas-worker-shortage-problem-isnt-going-away-anytime-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s worker shortage problem isn&#8217;t going away anytime soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> News <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> FP Work <\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"> Economy <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\"> From construction to manufacturing to hospitality, industries can&#8217;t find workers \u2014 and it&#8217;s expected to only get worse <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"published-by\">\n<p>Author of the article:<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"published-by__author\">Jake Edmiston, Stephanie Hughes<\/span> <\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio featured-image-category__economy\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Construction is one of the sectors struggling to find workers. Its vacancy rate in March was 5.8 per cent, or 58,300 jobs.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Brendon Thorne\/Bloomberg files<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>A prospective client sent an email to Newsam Construction Inc. on Tuesday morning, wanting to build a set of steps at a home in Montreal. It could have been a $20,000 job, with some masonry work, but the general contractor wouldn\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m constantly turning down projects,\u201d said Brian Newsam, who co-owns the company. \u201cThere\u2019s not a day that I don\u2019t say no to a job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He just doesn\u2019t have enough people to do the work. His staff of 40 could easily grow to 80, and he could take on more projects, if only he had qualified applicants. Without them, he ends up turning down smaller renovations \u2014 new bathrooms, new steps \u2014 so he has enough workers for the larger projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to find skilled painters, skilled carpenters, even an administrative bookkeeper. I can\u2019t. It\u2019s very difficult to find anybody,\u201d Newsam said.<\/p>\n<p>From construction to manufacturing to hospitality, all sorts of industries are having trouble finding workers, raising questions about how quickly the economy can return to full steam, even as provinces slowly reopen, and whether wage hikes will be needed to entice people back to work, thereby fuelling inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-1\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[6,6],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"6x6\" data-ad-loc=\"1\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[6,6],[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-1\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Both the health risk of returning to work and the attraction of existing government benefits could keep some workers sidelined, and there are longer-term issues to overcome, such as a lack of immigration and a lack of interest in certain types of work, particularly in the trades. As a result, some economists expect vacancies will only increase as the economic recovery starts to ramp up.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Statistics Canada found 4.1 per cent of jobs in this country \u2014 an estimated 632,700 positions \u2014 were vacant in March, the latest month for which data is available. That\u2019s roughly 100 basis points higher than pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019re trying to find skilled painters, skilled carpenters, even an administrative bookkeeper. I can\u2019t<\/p>\n<p>Brian Newsam, co-owner, Newsam Construction Inc.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other countries that have already opened up are also experiencing the same thing. The United States had a record high job vacancy rate of 5.3 per cent in March, according to a recent report by Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets Inc. And Israel had a record-high job vacancy rate of almost five per cent in April (before the most recent armed conflict), with the rate rising to 18 per cent in sectors such as hospitality and food services.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">To have so many jobs unfilled at a time when so many are out of work \u2014 Canada\u2019s unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May, with another 68,000 jobs lost, according to Statistics Canada on June 4 \u2014 wouldn\u2019t normally make much sense. It\u2019s a concept that economists refer to as the Beveridge curve, which charts the relationship between unemployment and job vacancy: high unemployment should coincide with low job vacancy \u2014 at least in a stable, efficient economy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-2\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"2\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,600],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-2\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=288,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FP0604-May-jobs.png?quality=90&strip=all&w=576 2x\" height=\"1599\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<p>But that natural push and pull between the number of people looking for work, and the number of jobs available, has been thrown out of whack in the pandemic, according to Brendon Bernard, a senior economist at Indeed Canada Corp., a job-listing website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing is, in times of destruction, in times of recession, often these relationships break down,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a pretty elevated number of job vacancies \u2026 even at the same time that the unemployment rate was high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of reasons for the breakdown. The pandemic has caused spikes in demand for products and services in some sectors that were already struggling to find qualified workers, including home renovation and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Competition for workers is going to really put upward pressure on wages &#8230; Are businesses healthy enough to handle that?<\/p>\n<p>Brendon Bernard, senior economist, Indeed Canada Corp.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is also the health risk of being exposed to the coronavirus that currently comes with frontline jobs, coupled with enhanced unemployment benefits from the federal government that have reduced pressure to take that lower-paid, higher-risk work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose factors together could mean that someone who might have been jumping at a job in a warehouse is now more reticent,\u201d Bernard said, adding that Indeed has noticed a decline in clicks-per-posting for jobs in retail, cleaning and warehousing.<\/p>\n<p>The hospitality sector posted the highest vacancy rate in March with 7.4 per cent, or 68,400 unfilled jobs, according to Statistics Canada. Construction\u2019s vacancy rate was 5.8 per cent, or 58,300 jobs. Transportation and warehousing has a 3.9 per cent vacancy rate, or 30,600 jobs. Retail had a vacancy rate of four per cent, or 75,300 jobs, while health care and social assistance sector\u2019s job vacancy rate was 4.8 per cent, or 104,200 jobs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThat competition for workers is going to really put upward pressure on wages,\u201d Bernard said. \u201cAnd then the question is: Are businesses healthy enough to handle that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doug Alexander, vice-president of technical services at the Toronto-based Belmont Meat Products Ltd., said his company is rolling out new solutions in anticipation the worker shortage isn\u2019t going to disappear anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s driving us to automate more, so our focus now for the long term is robotics and automation,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cWe recognize it\u2019s not going to change. This is not a short-term problem \u2026 it\u2019s a societal shift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alexander said the difficulty of retaining skilled workers has likely doubled since the beginning of the pandemic as his company competes with the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) when trying to bring its butchers back to work.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Indeed has noticed a decline in clicks-per-posting for jobs in retail, cleaning and warehousing.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604warehouse.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576 2x\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> Indeed has noticed a decline in clicks-per-posting for jobs in retail, cleaning and warehousing.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Ronny Hartmann\/AFP via Getty Images files<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the pandemic ends, he expects to see a return to normal, but normal means a turnover rate of 25 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to attract new workers to the industry, Food and Beverage Ontario has launched an initiative called Taste Your Future.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Such efforts may work, but a lot of people who lost their jobs during the pandemic may not return to them once the economy reopens. A survey in January by U.S. think tank Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of American workers have seriously considered changing their occupation or field of work since losing their job.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">A survey of 217 American businesses done by the Economic Outlook Group LLC found that 22 per cent were having trouble finding employees because their former workers had chosen new careers or returned to school, while 46 per cent said attractive unemployment benefits were to blame.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">\u201cAll surveys have shown that finding qualified workers, or any workers, is one of the biggest problems businesses face,\u201d Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets Economics, said in a research note on June 3.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">But Canada\u2019s labour problems, though exacerbated by the pandemic, did not start in the pandemic. In its spring business outlook survey, the Bank of Canada in April warned that \u201cPre-pandemic labour constraints are starting to return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The central bank said businesses were struggling to find new employees at current wage rates. Those shortages appeared to be in the same types of jobs that were already begging to be filled before the pandemic, particularly skilled trades and technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany firms expect these constraints to persist,\u201d the Bank of Canada said in its report.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All surveys have shown that finding qualified workers, or any workers, is one of the biggest problems businesses face<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Lee, senior economist, BMO Capital Markets Economics<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The shortage of skilled tradespeople has become a perennial problem in Canada, with sagging interest from new generations to enter them and more and more veteran tradespeople retiring.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">In a May survey of its members, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) reported a shortage of skilled workers was the most common impediment to sales or production growth, with 38 per cent of businesses reporting difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of them actually pay quite well,\u201d said Corinne Pohlmann, CFIB\u2019s senior vice-president of national affairs. \u201cBut I think there is sometimes a stigma around these jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The construction sector, for one, blames the stigma around skilled trades for the waning interest among newer generations of students, who are shunning apprenticeships and college trade-oriented courses in favour of university.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group\">\n<section class=\"ad\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Advertisement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" id=\"ad-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p> This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cA career in construction has not been a first choice for many people,\u201d Mary Van Buren, president of the Canadian Construction Association. \u201cThere has been a bias toward people going to university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sector has been trying to change that, with recruitment campaigns targeting groups who have been historically underrepresented in the field, including women and Indigenous people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe face of construction is really changing,\u201d Van Buren said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" 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https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604drywall.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"A worker cuts a piece of drywall at the site of a home under construction.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604drywall.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604drywall.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0604drywall.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576 2x\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> A worker cuts a piece of drywall at the site of a home under construction.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Sergio Flores\/Bloomberg files<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Immigration is another way to fill those gaps, though the number of newcomers has dramatically declined in the past 16 months amid public-health restrictions on travel.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">That drop-off only made Canada\u2019s \u201cold-fashioned job vacancies\u201d in construction and manufacturing worse, said CIBC economist Tal, who co-authored the Where have all the workers gone? report released in May.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted vacancy rates will continue to rise in the short term, particularly in lower-paying, service-oriented jobs, as emergency unemployment benefits continue to alleviate pressure to return to the workforce.<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel7049877455156641900285995612679956\" class=\"more-topic\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\"><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" 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https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Lockdowns imposed to curb a harsh third wave of COVID-19 continue to weigh on the economy, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/closed0604.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> Canada loses 68,000 jobs, more than triple the forecast <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\"><picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Every day they are at work, salespeople, grocery clerks and others would see with their own eyes that almost everyone has more money to throw around than they do.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vw0531grocery.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> Weekly earnings are steadily improving for some \u2014 and surging rapidly for others <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\"><picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"None\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vw0602for-sale.jpeg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> The U.S. poses a serious threat of enticing Canada&#8217;s skilled workers to move south <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\"><picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"A server wearing a protective mask takes an order at a patio in the ByWard Market on Canada Day in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.\" class=\"lazyload\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&ssl=1\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80 2x,\n                                    https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/canada_day.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80 3x\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<h3 class=\"more-topic__item-text\"><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\"> &#8216;A lot have given up&#8217;: Canada is desperate for service workers as provinces reopen <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<p>The good news is those factors will fade. But the shortages that existed before the pandemic, the old-fashioned ones, will stick around. It\u2019s not even a question of money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlumbers, believe me, make a lot of money,\u201d Tal said. \u201cWe simply cannot attract people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the problem is Canadians, in general, look down on trades jobs despite how badly the country needs them. Unless that changes, those crucial positions will keep going unfilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go to Germany and say you\u2019re a plumber, it\u2019s like saying you\u2019re a doctor, \u201d he said. \u201cTry to get a plumber in Canada. 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