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When Canadian leaders complain about 'labour shortages,' be suspicious

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Studies show businesses worldwide complain about labour shortages when employment levels are high and low.

In Canada , when businesses constantly invoke labour shortages, governments have often, especially recently, increased the number of immigrants and temporary workers.

Pierre Fortin : When businesses lament a scarcity of workers for entry-level jobs, they're often actually disguising their real anxiety: They don’t want to pay employees any more than they’re already paying.

High immigration rates have economic, social, cultural and humanitarian implications, says Fortin .

Fortin says Ottawa ’s “open door policy” has contributed to reducing the productivity of Canadian workers.

He predicts “the insistent demand of businesses for more immigrants will not calm down” in the future.

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