Although education is primarily a provincial responsibility, the nature of policy in the last several decades has been that the federal government has taken more responsibility in that area in terms of funding. The Canada social transfer comes to mind. Workforce development agreements come to mind as well.
To your point, I do agree. Our data show that having some sort of price signal to indicate where students should be prioritizing their time in the post-secondary period would be valuable. It doesn't mean that education is entirely about what kinds of skills it's going to give them for the workforce. Obviously there are other things involved in education, but it is an important part of what students are expecting. I think it would be a benefit to them to have some sort of signal as to what the labour market is demanding.