Government Figures: UPEI

Wade MacLauchlan Dept: Government figures show that 25 per cent of the workforce will disappear in the next 40 years, according to CBC. "Really we can't live with that. Unless we're prepared to accept a very major reduction in our standard of living. For those of us who can see this coming, and many people can, the challenge now is to act and act together." P.E.I. is in dire need of immigrants to fill a looming worker shortage in the coming decades, a group of Island business leaders is warning. "We are now in a position where it is urgent," said Wade MacLauchlan, a past president of UPEI and well-known businessman. Are you concerned about a shrinking workforce on P.E.I. in the coming decades? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.