Toward a New Employment Contract for the Knowledge Economy by Timothy Grayson

The endless grousing about brains draining and skills shortages is curious in a typically Canadian way. The complaints are no doubt sincere, and probably valid. But, why they are separated into two discrete issues has to cause wonder. The decoupling almost guarantees that solutions for the skills shortage will feed the “brain drain,” leaving both problems to grow not diminish. Turning them into national crises focuses the search for solution on government. A misplacement at best. Moreover, the prevailing approach to these complementary and symptomatic issues inhibits the new thinking needed to address the underlying socio-commercial evolution created by the information economy.