Canada has the most educated workforce among the G7 countries, but concerns remain regarding the mismatch between training and job needs.
A Statistics Canada report, based on the 2021 census, found that 57.5 percent of Canadians aged 25 to 64 had a college or university credential. Japan was second among the G7 countries, at 55.6 percent, with the United States third at 50.3. Italy was last at 20.0.
Ian Lee, a professor of business at Carleton University, said most pundits missed the warning signs further down in the report, and that the survey left him curious to know more.
“I read one op-ed that was critical. And everyone was saying, rah, rah, rah, aren’t we wonderful, aren’t we great. A significant number of pundits and experts have missed the point that we have in Canada very serious gaps, [and] about a million unemployed vacancies that are not filled,” Lee told The Epoch Times….