Workers with advanced digital skills gain advantages in pay, job security and overall employment quality, a report from Amazon Web Services and Gallup said, but Canadians are below average in their desire to acquire them. Among workers surveyed in 19 jurisdictions, Canadians ranked 12th in their interest in training in areas such as cloud computing, software development and AI. Workers in India, Thailand and Indonesia topped the chart. (The Logic)

Talking point: AWS, which sells cloud-computing services, emphasized findings in the report that companies that use cloud computing are more likely to be innovators, and urged employers to subsidize digital-skills training and give workers time to pursue it. That could be a difficult pitch in a tech labour market that has been characterized by layoffs, even as the overall job market stays tight.