text: Yes. The answer is that the government should be deliberately developing policies that will cause a labour shortage, so that employers have an incentive to hire qualified workers without regard to age, sex, color or any of the other factors that improperly influence hiring decisions.  Note that up to now, immigration policies and the TFW program have been calculated to insure a labour surplus, thereby preventing upward pressure on wages and allowing employers to be picky about who they hire.