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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I think it's probably a combination, but when I say "subsidize vocational training", I also mean in terms of marketing it to young people as a viable option for a good life. You can do really well as a plumber. You're going to struggle to find meaningful work as a Poli Sci grad.
Essentially, if you're going to be subsidizing something that can help people succeed in life, it should be in an area where - as you say - there are actual shortages of people to do the work. This helps literally everyone.
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Perhaps the governments should put more effort into steering grads to where jobs will be. Statscan may have to do more work, but analyze what fields need employees, and provide numbers like "electricians - shortage of 300 in Calgary for 2022, geologists - surplus 26,000 for 2022". Then grads could look over a list of occupations, see what interests them and have some idea what their prospects will be when they graduate.