The NDP wants the freeze to continue until an investigation determines whether Canadians were given an adequate chance to show they can fill the jobs now destined for Chinese nationals.
“The Conservatives should prioritize creating jobs for Canadians and ending abuse of the temporary foreign worker program,” NDP immigration critic Jinny Sims, MP for Newton-North Delta, said in a statement.
“We need a thorough review of how the temporary foreign worker program was used in this case to ensure that Canadians and foreign workers’ rights are being upheld.”
A consortium of Chinese firms is proposing to develop four underground mines in northeastern B.C., using 1,600 to just under 2,000 Chinese nationals entering under the TFW program.
So far the federal government has agreed to issue TFW permits for 201 Chinese workers to work at the proposed Murray River mine near Tumbler Ridge.
The companies developing the mines say the projects couldn’t proceed without Chinese labour trained to handle technology used in Chinese underground mines.
Original Article
Source: canada.com
Author: PETER O?NEIL
No comments:
Post a Comment