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Jonathan Lai

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  • Editorial Director, Politics and Polling, POLITICO
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Covers:  higher education
Doesn't Cover: K-12 education
an editor at Politico: data, interactives, politics, The POLITICO Poll • “…Liberty and Justice for all.” • Before: data x democracy at the Philadelphia Inquirer

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COMMENTARY: While employers search for talent, Canada overlooks half a million workers

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By Krista Carr, Jonathan Lai Verified
| Northumberland Free Press
Alex Spence-Flamand. (INCLUSION CANADA) Canada has a labour shortage and a labour surplus at the same time. Its labour force shortages are no longer a temporary challenge. Across the country, help wanted signs are everywhere. A report this spring by RBC Economics says the situation will be exacerbated by retirements and changes in immigration policy. Employers across the country say they can’t find enough workers. There is a solution, however, that continues to be overlooked.
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Opinion: While employers search for talent, Canada overlooks half-a-million workers

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By Krista Carr, Jonathan Lai Verified
| Vancouver Sun Verified
Breadcrumb Trail Links Home Opinion Op-Ed People with intellectual disabilities and on the autism spectrum want meaningful employment and good-paying jobs, yet unemployment and underemployment rates among this population remain far higher than those of the general workforce, write Krista Carr and Jonathan Lai. Photo by Submitted photo Canada has a labour shortage and a labour surplus at the same time. Canada’s labour-force shortages are no longer a temporary challenge.
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Opinion: While employers search for talent, Canada overlooks half-a-million workers

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By Krista Carr, Jonathan Lai Verified
| The Province Verified
Employers need workers. Roughly three-quarters of working-age Canadians with an intellectual disability or autism remain unemployed or underemployed despite being ready, willing and able to work. Public policy has failed to connect the two.
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