With a family and a Western lifestyle CX is maybe not the right choice, depending on your current circumstances of course.
I have never been closer to Yellow Knife or Dead Horse etc than 39000 feet. I know where I would rather live ( and I do) , but that is of course totally subjective.
However, and that is unfortunately the crucial point, there are enough applicants who are younger and less demanding.
You have to understand: even IF we would have a shortage, than it would not be because of a lack of applicants, or because the package is not good enough, it would exclusively be because of wrong planning, a big difference.
You guys are fighting the wrong war.
Now go ahead and shoot the messenger, as usual.