Post by Rafael Gomez

Young workers are struggling. Unfortunately, a myriad of socioeconomic forces and Federal government policies are to blame. "If young people don’t get a job early, then it can reduce their overall productivity and how much they earn in future careers, said Rafael Gomez, director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto, as well as the CIBC chair of youth employment." "Youth job prospects also weren’t improved by the government bringing in temporary foreign workers in response to labour shortages following the pandemic. “Instead of allowing firms to improve the quality of jobs, raise wages and hire youth, we used a stopgap that, really, brought in millions of temporary foreign workers...”