Manpower Canada research reveals 83 per cent of employers think governments and business are not doing enough to slow the outwar

Manpower Canada released its Borderless Workforce survey on the outward migration of talent. The findings reveal that only 17 per cent of employers in Canada think government and businesses are doing enough to slow the outward migration of talent and attract people back to Canada. The survey gathered responses from more than 453 employers in Canada and 28,000 globally in 27 individual countries and territories.

Nineteen per cent of employers in Canada expressed concern about the potential negative impact on the labour market from talent leaving the country. The survey also indicated that Canadian employers consider the United States, China and India as their biggest competitive economic threats.

"In Canada, as in most other countries, the consensus is that businesses and governments are neither doing enough to slow outward migration, nor to attract these people back to their home countries after they have left for jobs or universities abroad," said Nadia Ciani, director, human resources, Manpower Canada.

"While itis true that we need to do more to keep our most talented workers, we must also consider how we can strengthen our collective employer ebrandi to attract more talented workers from overseas to fill our current and future talent shortages."

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