Dear Editor:
Where have all the people gone?
It seems after a couple years of “war,” the numbers have shifted from too few jobs to too few workers to fill the jobs. For years churches are asking the same question.
Looks like the demographics have shifted along the anticipated effects of “Baby Boomers,” rather significantly creating a downturn of bodies to fill the jobs or the pews.
Overcrowding of available resources to provide the same level of service we have all become familiar with prior to COVID-19 in every business from the “essential services” through to “non-essential” – yet both suffer the shortage.
So where are these people? Have they left Canada in search of greater “freedom”? Good luck with that! Are they staying at home hibernating until COVID is over?
I’m sure we all see, even in Fergus, plenty of responsible people who show up every day to the local hangout, many who could fill a vacancy of some degree.
One that may not need a university degree, work experience or a vaccine for that matter.
I know everyone is welcome to hangout in the church pews.
Karl Demmans,
Fergus