Canada's Oil Resurgence is Doomed Without Younger Workers

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Canada's oil industry faces a talent shortage as younger generations shun the sector, creating challenges for growth.

Canada's oil industry is booming, but companies in its top oil-producing province, Alberta, are struggling to hire and retain skilled talent to seize the opportunity of greater market access that the expanded Trans Mountain oil pipeline provides. Canadian oil production is rising and could rise by the most among all producers this year, analysts say. But a shortage of talent could make Canada's renewed oil boom more difficult to sustain.

Changing Workforce Moreover, the rise of AI and digitalization in the oil and gas industry has shifted the perception that the sector is offering only blue-collar jobs where the young people would get their hands dirty and contribute to rising global emissions.

 

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