This piece is rife with (intentional?) inaccuracies, and rather misleading …but why?
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"Coding", "to code" (just a notch above typing) is such a bad simplification of what programming and computer science is all about.
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Programming (not to be confused with computer literacy) is not just "another useful skill" for a person to have.  
It is a profession. 
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This is probably the 10th article (in so many months) about “coding”, “nation of coders”, “10  million coders in Canada”, “Women learning to code”, “Everyone and their uncles – coders for life”?
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Now – one needs to ask themselves, “Why are we bombarded with this ‘code’ non-sense?”
After all, our public education system has practically abandoned Math and Science.
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Is Mr. Shopify  selling us something ... some form of Government grant that we need to pay for?
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After “There is no tech talent in Canada ... ” series of articles that opened the doors for companies to import temporary tech workers in just 2 weeks?