Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Skills shortage emerges as BC election issue

<p>With a provincial election just three months away, university and student leaders are pushing to make B.C.'s looming skills shortage a key campaign issue.</p><p>The province's six research universities will release a report today that renews calls for increased investment in post-secondary education.</p><p>The report relies on the government's own projections showing a skills deficit emerging in 2016 and continuing to grow over the following years.</p><p>By 2020, there will be 18,800 jobs requiring university, college or trades training and no workers to fill them, the report says, citing the B.C. Labour Market Outlook 2010-2020.</p><p><a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/skills-shortage-emerges-as-b-c-election-issue-1.58715">Keep reading...</a></p>

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