BC Skilled Worker Shortage to Reach Tipping Point by 2016: ReportThe latest B.C. Labour Market Profile reveals the province will have a severe skilled worker shortage starting in 2016. Friends Read FreeSaveStudents at SFU Surrey campus. A new labour market report says B.C. will face a severe shortage of skilled workers starting in 2016. The report urges expanding post-secondary capacity to cope with the the shortage. (Simon Fraser University)By Justina Reichel1/30/2013Updated: 10/1/2015Print