Stephen Toope: British Columbians

President Of The University Of British Columbia Dept: Our overall objective is to alert British Columbians of the fundamental challenge we are facing in the economy, Stephen Toope, president of the University of British Columbia, said in an interview. At a time when the provincial government is trimming spending on advanced education, he said time is short to respond to the pending shortfall. We hope the government will pay close attention to that. We are in trouble, according to Globe and Mail. The province is expected to see more than a million job openings in this decade, and roughly three-quarters of those jobs will require a trade certificate or postsecondary education. The university study estimates that only a third of the job postings can be filled through immigration or in-migration from other parts of Canada and b.C. Labour Market Profile: Research Universities Council of B.C. PDF The study is being released just three weeks before the B.C. Liberal government unveils its pre-election budget a fiscal plan that is expected to leave little room for the kind of expanded postsecondary system that the heads of the province s six research universities are calling for. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.