Interested employers wishing to seek our assistance are invited to contact us\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for further information.<\/p>\n The bank\u2019s projections suggest there is little relief in sight, with shrinkage to continue for \u2018at least the next decade\u2019.<\/p>\n As a result, current employees are being forced to work more hours, businesses are having to raise wages and improve benefits, while many are reporting growth remains limited.<\/p>\n In certain provinces shortages are even more sharp.<\/p>\n Some 50 per cent of Atlantic Canada SMEs say they are having trouble finding new staff, compared to 45 per cent in British Columbia and northern Canada and 40 per cent in Ontario.<\/p>\n Federal and provincial governments are well aware of the problems in Atlantic Canada, introducing the Atlantic Immigration Pilot<\/a> as a way to tackle the acute shortage.<\/p>\n The program brought in 2,500 new immigrants in 2017, and expected to see similar numbers arrive in 2018.<\/p>\n Canada\u2019s federal government wants to see the AIP grow to accept 4,000 newcomers per year by 2020.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the federal government has also made Canada more attractive destination for the most in-demand skilled workers through the Global Talent Stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n Under GTS, work permits and Canada visas for sought-after technology occupations are processed in just two weeks.<\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n How to Buy a Business and Move to Canada<\/a> The stream, which works under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, has been hailed as a huge success since it was introduced in June 2017.<\/p>\n BDC\u2019s report suggests growing support for the number of occupations covered under GTS to be expanded.<\/p>\n In the meantime, existing employees are being forced to make up the gaps by working more hours and under-qualified workers are being hired for senior positions.<\/p>\n The report offers advice to businesses on ways to find and keep the staff needed to assist growth.<\/p>\n Among them is hiring more immigrants, viewed as a crucial way to tackle Canada\u2019s labour shortages.<\/p>\n Other ways include improving efficiency, using more technology and introducing formal human resources policies.<\/p>\n Canadian small and medium businesses are turning to immigrants because Canada\u2019s labour shortage means they cannot find enough new employees to fill vacancies. A new report reveals the sharp end of Canada\u2019s shrinking labour market and its direct impact on economic growth. The Business Development Canada study reveals SMEs are hiring younger, unqualified workers for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[454],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/canada_27907413.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8hnWW-e9r","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmentimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nWhat Is The Impact Of Canada\u2019s Labour Shortage?<\/h3>\n
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Source: BDC<\/p>\n
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\nWhich Canadian Provinces Have The Most Acute Labour Shortage?<\/h3>\n
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Source: BDC<\/p>\n
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\nHow Are Canada\u2019s SMEs Dealing With Labour Shortages?<\/h3>\n
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\nWhat Should SMEs Do To Tackle Labour Shortages?<\/h3>\n
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