Editorial: Prepare for automated unemployment

Editorial: Prepare for automated unemployment

Employment competition in the new job market will increasingly pit humans against robots, and the smart money is riding on the latter, because humans are shaping up to be no match for machines when it comes to entry-level employment opportunities.

In “Lower Mainland eateries starving for workers” (Business in Vancouver issue 1450; August 15-21], Ian Tostenson, president of the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association, noted that difficulty in attracting and retaining workers is a theme common to large chains and smaller local restaurants alike.

In decades past, the restaurant trade was an instructive entry point for young people seeking workplace […]

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