Shortages: Abigail Fulton

Abigail Fulton: In fact, even if one in five students graduating from high school in B.C. during the next three years were to pursue a trade, there still wouldnt be enough workers to fill shortages in the provinces construction industry, Abigail Fulton said. , according to Times Colonist. Yet, a consensus is developing that there will be a shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade, as proponents of the liquefied natural-gas industry, hydro-electric projects and oil and gas pipelines push their proposals forward. The shortage of skilled tradespeople in Western Canada is so dire that the B.C. Construction Association is returning to Ireland this month to hire 600 people, the groups vice-president said. Not everybody agrees with the recruitment drive, especially the provinces labour leaders, who argue employers can find skilled, unionized Canadian workers to fill immediate, vacant positions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.