According to the Canadian Construction Association, Canada may face shortage of construction workers soon, if the country does not appoint overseas workers. Reportedly, the construction industry in the country will generate over 300,000 jobs in the next seven years. But, it would not be possible to fill all the jobs without recruiting workers from overseas.

The head of the CCA, Wayne Morsky said that the solution to fill all the jobs is to recruit the country’s aboriginal people. Besides, the recruitment of overseas skilled workers may be one of the solutions that could meet the worker shortages in the long term. Mr. Morsky has emphasized the recruitment of aboriginal Canadians, since they have been an integral part of the construction industry since the historic times. He urged that the industry should make it a point to re-engage them in order to meet the worker requirement.

He believes that immigration of overseas skilled workers will surely help the construction industry’s possible worker shortage to reduce. But, Canadian Construction Association head is worried about the fact that the Canadian Immigration system is not ‘construction-friendly’ anymore. He does not expect significant help from the immigration system towards the industry in the near future. He is also concerned about the report that Canadian government’s support for infrastructure projects will be reduced as the economy improves and the government’s efforts to control budget deficits intensify!

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