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> For example finding nursing staff is very challenging No. Finding staff that'll work for very low wages is very challenging. It's not really about bringing i
by bluescrn 4mo ago
> For example finding nursing staff is very challenging
No. Finding staff that'll work for very low wages is very challenging. It's not really about bringing in essential skills, it's about driving down wages.
- JumpCrisscross 4mo ago> It's not really about bringing in essential skills, it's about driving down wages Sort of. You’re simply not going to have an agricultural sector with at Canadian and American wages without significantly higher food prices and protectionism. One day we may automate that. But that will still be more expensive for the foreseeable future. Voters seem to be picking domestic production and low prices, with low wages being a side effect. (Business interests of course love those.)
- Muromec 4mo agoFree borders policy is a special case of free market, so of course more competition is intended to drive the cattle prices down .
- michaelmrose 4mo agoThis is literally what anyone means when they can't or can't easily find anyone for anything which isn't evil or suicidal.
- brainwad 4mo agoNursing salaries have hit the ceiling of what is possible given the abysmal productivity in healthcare. People both complain nurses don't get paid enough, and that health insurance is too expensive.