The myth behind 'nobody wants to work anymore'

Published: Aug. 24, 2022, 8:10 a.m.

b'Many employers continue to struggle to fill vacant positions, despite the end of most pandemic restrictions \\u2014 and the underlying explanations for this vary depending on who you ask.\\n\\nA common notion is that people just don\\u2019t want to work anymore. But when Canada\\u2019s unemployment rate is at its lowest level in decades, does the data really bear that out? \\n\\nToday on Front Burner, economist and Atkinson Fellow Armine Yalnizyan debunks common myths and explains how the current labour crunch has roots stretching back well before the pandemic \\u2014 and what to expect moving forward.'