International Students should not be allowed to work off campus
Larkalis on
AI is just a cover for companies to lay off existing workforce, cost cutting, and general reluctance during a period of economic and political uncertainty.
I am sympathetic to the early 20s cohort. They will face a job market akin to 2009-2010 following the Subprime Mortgage Crisis.
midnightmoose on
Writing an entire article on youth unemployment without mentioning the massive demographic changes we’ve undergone in the last 4 years is journalistic malpractice
pyfinx on
Didn’t know Tim Hortons balls deep in using AI.
Logical-Let-2386 on
But they just restarted LMIAs in Vanc, Winnipeg, and Halifax?
Outside_Piglet_4689 on
Are they trying to blame ai?
Lightingway on
Meanwhile they’re still approving massive amounts of PGWP despite how bad the entry level job market is.
Adventurous_023 on
Don’t just blame AI. Excessive immigration also is also a factor affecting youth unemployment. Government funding isn’t an option. The government needs to boost trade and tackle immigration and population growth.
donforgathowlon on
So this has nothing to do with everyone at fast food joints, places like Walmart and pretty much every stepping stone job, being filled by TFW or international students?
What a bullshit article.
PrairieHaze on
I’ve seen directos also be let go, it’s wild. no one is safe
12CylindersSoundBest on
“Lol, who?”
– a message from the Government of Canada
ghost_n_the_shell on
Wow. Imagine a headline like this – and then not providing a single example of jobs taken from young people by AI.
In fact, watch the video of the two seem to bicker over the numbers a bit – and then reference that some young people need to work 2-3 jobs due to affordability.
Sorry. I’m just not seeing the AI link here.
perrygoundhunter on
In Ancient Rome slave labor and cheap migration bankrupted the small farmers and turned the middle class into plebs (half way between sleeves and serfs)
That’s is what has happened in Canada.
Stop blaming Ai, which sucks definitely….but we have literally imported adults to do the jobs of our own kids and part time moms and students
Top of all that is the cost of living crisis and housing crisis
I’m 30, when I was 16 was making $15 an hour part time, I knew for a fact I would own a home, and had money to take women on dates and smoke cigarettes.
22 year olds with a university education living at home literally have a worse standard of living than I did at 16
And I bought a house at 21. Not because I was intelligent or successful. But because it was cheap and some parts of Canada were still affordable
It’s not that way anymore, god help my kids.
toilet_for_shrek on
Missing from the article is the fact that there are still nearly a million and a half work permit and post-grad work permit holders combined with nearly half a million foreign students that have the ability to work in this country.
I’m pretty sure these also contribute to youth unemployment by way of competition
PlatonicGoof on
GRAGHGHHGJHHHHHGH IMMMIGRANTS
-R/Canada about literally anything going wrong with Canada.
BradenAnderson on
AI is just another scapegoat. Young Canadians have been struggling to find work because corporations have been given free rein to hire TFWs by our federal government
Illdistrict on
Finding it tough to find work, because employers hire foreigners first.
Tricky_Reason892 on
It’s a bad time to be young in Canada, in certain aspects. Employment and housing in particular. I feel for them. I feel even worse for the ones who’ve yet to graduate high school.
CanNeverBeTooHigh on
wonder how bad it has to get in this country before we see a protest or a revolt. i’m just about ready to see some upheaval. i feel the worse things get the more im interested in just watching the world burn. i experienced what it was like in 2009-2010 this seems so much worse. bad job market + no affordable housing + high food costs + the whole bs of no we dont take paper resumes please make an account on our website to apply gtfo here with that
ThicccThunder on
The best thing that Pierre could is relentlessly pressure the Liberals to change how foreign labour works. There is no good reason why Retail, Fast Food & Transportation should ever need foreign labour.
Healthcare I can sort of understand however the issue we have with Healthcare workers boils down to retention. Retention is piss poor because provincial governments like New Brunswick insist on treating healthcare works like garbage (Fuck you Blaine Higgs).
dorradorrabirr on
It’s been bad for at least a decade outside of tech and real estate.
losvegans on
So sick of this AI excuse garbage. Go try to break into trades right now, best of luck to you lol, while trades and AI couldn’t be farther apart. It’s same garbage as it ever was, AI is just the new flashy toy of today. It’ll be some other shiny bullshit tomorrow
LabEfficient on
Why are we working so much just to pay upwards of 40% of our paycheques to an organization that has worked relentlessly to suppress our wages and undermine young people’s opportunities at a good life? Who said yes? Why are we accepting this story? Is there an option to opt out?
Odd-Foundation-4637 on
AI adoption is a myth in Canada. Most of these companies are “AI washing”
This is the practice of telling your investors and markets you are doing layoffs because of AI- when the reality is you’re laying off staff because of poor business performance.
It’s another narrative designed to save executives asses and is a crutch poor leaders are using to dodge any accountability or ownership of their awful leadership decisions.
The reality is many companies are still trying to “figure out” AI and are lagging their US peers, who make decisions at a much faster rate.
Erik_the_Human on
Anecdotally… AI essentially destroyed my son’s industry before he finished college training for it. I knew it was doomed, but thought he’d have a few years to get some basic experience he could transfer elsewhere. They (the news) will tell you it was a change in taxation altering the economics… but come on, when AI comes along and suddenly something that took multiple people hours takes one person less than an hour, it’s AI. The tax changes just put that much more pressure on studios to use it.
There’s no entry level in computer animation in Canada anymore. The last two years have seen a massive contraction (basically 50% gone) and the market is extremely experienced animators competing for everything and anything.
bugcollectorforever on
*laughs in millenial* hasn’t been good ever.
Derfurst1 on
Shut down the TFW program.
Cole_Evyx on
What do you think will happen when the youth are called to act in Canada’s defense after so many years of complete and utter mistreatment?
There are consequences for stripping away the dreams of an entire generation (home ownership, family, stability in employment, affordable healthy food).
I would find it delusional to turn to those I scorned oh so easily.
kdlangequalsgoddess on
Scratch out the young part there. Everyone’s having a tough time. Been sending out my resume for a while now, and no bites. It’s hard to stay motivated with zero interest from anyone.
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International Students should not be allowed to work off campus
AI is just a cover for companies to lay off existing workforce, cost cutting, and general reluctance during a period of economic and political uncertainty.
I am sympathetic to the early 20s cohort. They will face a job market akin to 2009-2010 following the Subprime Mortgage Crisis.
Writing an entire article on youth unemployment without mentioning the massive demographic changes we’ve undergone in the last 4 years is journalistic malpractice
Didn’t know Tim Hortons balls deep in using AI.
But they just restarted LMIAs in Vanc, Winnipeg, and Halifax?
Are they trying to blame ai?
Meanwhile they’re still approving massive amounts of PGWP despite how bad the entry level job market is.
Don’t just blame AI. Excessive immigration also is also a factor affecting youth unemployment. Government funding isn’t an option. The government needs to boost trade and tackle immigration and population growth.
So this has nothing to do with everyone at fast food joints, places like Walmart and pretty much every stepping stone job, being filled by TFW or international students?
What a bullshit article.
I’ve seen directos also be let go, it’s wild. no one is safe
“Lol, who?”
– a message from the Government of Canada
Wow. Imagine a headline like this – and then not providing a single example of jobs taken from young people by AI.
In fact, watch the video of the two seem to bicker over the numbers a bit – and then reference that some young people need to work 2-3 jobs due to affordability.
Sorry. I’m just not seeing the AI link here.
In Ancient Rome slave labor and cheap migration bankrupted the small farmers and turned the middle class into plebs (half way between sleeves and serfs)
That’s is what has happened in Canada.
Stop blaming Ai, which sucks definitely….but we have literally imported adults to do the jobs of our own kids and part time moms and students
Top of all that is the cost of living crisis and housing crisis
I’m 30, when I was 16 was making $15 an hour part time, I knew for a fact I would own a home, and had money to take women on dates and smoke cigarettes.
22 year olds with a university education living at home literally have a worse standard of living than I did at 16
And I bought a house at 21. Not because I was intelligent or successful. But because it was cheap and some parts of Canada were still affordable
It’s not that way anymore, god help my kids.
Missing from the article is the fact that there are still nearly a million and a half work permit and post-grad work permit holders combined with nearly half a million foreign students that have the ability to work in this country.
I’m pretty sure these also contribute to youth unemployment by way of competition
GRAGHGHHGJHHHHHGH IMMMIGRANTS
-R/Canada about literally anything going wrong with Canada.
AI is just another scapegoat. Young Canadians have been struggling to find work because corporations have been given free rein to hire TFWs by our federal government
Finding it tough to find work, because employers hire foreigners first.
It’s a bad time to be young in Canada, in certain aspects. Employment and housing in particular. I feel for them. I feel even worse for the ones who’ve yet to graduate high school.
wonder how bad it has to get in this country before we see a protest or a revolt. i’m just about ready to see some upheaval. i feel the worse things get the more im interested in just watching the world burn. i experienced what it was like in 2009-2010 this seems so much worse. bad job market + no affordable housing + high food costs + the whole bs of no we dont take paper resumes please make an account on our website to apply gtfo here with that
The best thing that Pierre could is relentlessly pressure the Liberals to change how foreign labour works. There is no good reason why Retail, Fast Food & Transportation should ever need foreign labour.
Healthcare I can sort of understand however the issue we have with Healthcare workers boils down to retention. Retention is piss poor because provincial governments like New Brunswick insist on treating healthcare works like garbage (Fuck you Blaine Higgs).
It’s been bad for at least a decade outside of tech and real estate.
So sick of this AI excuse garbage. Go try to break into trades right now, best of luck to you lol, while trades and AI couldn’t be farther apart. It’s same garbage as it ever was, AI is just the new flashy toy of today. It’ll be some other shiny bullshit tomorrow
Why are we working so much just to pay upwards of 40% of our paycheques to an organization that has worked relentlessly to suppress our wages and undermine young people’s opportunities at a good life? Who said yes? Why are we accepting this story? Is there an option to opt out?
AI adoption is a myth in Canada. Most of these companies are “AI washing”
This is the practice of telling your investors and markets you are doing layoffs because of AI- when the reality is you’re laying off staff because of poor business performance.
It’s another narrative designed to save executives asses and is a crutch poor leaders are using to dodge any accountability or ownership of their awful leadership decisions.
The reality is many companies are still trying to “figure out” AI and are lagging their US peers, who make decisions at a much faster rate.
Anecdotally… AI essentially destroyed my son’s industry before he finished college training for it. I knew it was doomed, but thought he’d have a few years to get some basic experience he could transfer elsewhere. They (the news) will tell you it was a change in taxation altering the economics… but come on, when AI comes along and suddenly something that took multiple people hours takes one person less than an hour, it’s AI. The tax changes just put that much more pressure on studios to use it.
There’s no entry level in computer animation in Canada anymore. The last two years have seen a massive contraction (basically 50% gone) and the market is extremely experienced animators competing for everything and anything.
*laughs in millenial* hasn’t been good ever.
Shut down the TFW program.
What do you think will happen when the youth are called to act in Canada’s defense after so many years of complete and utter mistreatment?
There are consequences for stripping away the dreams of an entire generation (home ownership, family, stability in employment, affordable healthy food).
I would find it delusional to turn to those I scorned oh so easily.
Scratch out the young part there. Everyone’s having a tough time. Been sending out my resume for a while now, and no bites. It’s hard to stay motivated with zero interest from anyone.
No shit
They just gave PR to 8k people. 🫡