Out Migration
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For my essay I chose to address the issue of Saskatchewan youth leaving the province first chance they get. This topic is more important to Saskatchewan than Canada in general, but a weakened polarized Saskatchewan could greatly affect Canadian society. Personally, I have intentions of staying in Saskatchewan to get an education, and if I can get a good job I'll stay, but if the opportunity arose I'd probably go out of province. But at the same time, I feel that its disgustingly terrible that the Saskatchewan taxpayers pay ton's of money just so the young people can get a education and leave to help other provinces.
There have been several articles on this topic, as it isn't news to anyone, and is only becoming more of a problem. The Leader-Post article "Population becoming more polarized: study" by James Wood is prime example of this.
"Everyone in the industrialized world is going to experience labour shortages. I think Saskatchewan will, it looks like if trends continue, feel that more just because of things like out-migration but also because our aboriginal population's workforce participation is lower than the non-aboriginal population."
Janice Stokes, the author of the study released by the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, said the out-migration of young, educated people has meant the province's population is becoming increasingly polarized between a large population of aging non-aboriginals and a very young aboriginal population. She also said, "I don't think the province looks open for business...