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ANNOUNCEMENTS | Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission - 0 views

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    The Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC) and the Canadian International Training and Education Corporation (CITREC) have signed a partnership agreement. CITREC will be offering these assessment services in foreign countries under the IMMSKILLS brand. This assessment service will provide an avenue for foreign trained workers to have a pre-assessment prepared for their training credentials prior to immigrating or working for a employer in Saskatchewan and Canada. The assessment service for foreign nationals will be provided directly by CITREC for both voluntary and compulsory trades on a fee-for-service basis. Through this unique partnership, people immigrating to Saskatchewan will be able to identify the potential value of their trade and qualifications. The assessment results will assist the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission in their review of documentation for people wishing to challenge certification examinations (journeyperson), or enter apprenticeship-training programs, in Saskatchewan. Those who SATCC deems to have successfully met the tradesperson eligibility requirements will be able to apply to take the journeyperson examination once they have located in Saskatchewan; those who achieve interprovincial "Red Seal" journeyperson status could earn a higher wage, and work anywhere in Canada.
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Gov of Sask Ireleand - 0 views

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    In December 2011 the unemployment rate in Ireland rose to 14.4 per.  In the wake of a global economic recession, the Irish Economic and Social Research Institute  estimates 75,000 Irish are expected to emigrate in 2012 as unemployment in the country  continues to rise.  The Irish Government has identified emigration as one part of the economic recovery plan.  The Government of Saskatchewan was approached by employers interested in actively recruiting  skilled workers in Ireland.  The Government of Saskatchewan administers the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program  (SINP).  The SINP is an economically-driven program that responds to the need of Saskatchewan  employers.  It allows the Province of Saskatchewan to nominate applicants who qualify under  criteria established by the province for permanent resident status.  The program offers the ability to select applicants whose skills and abilities best meet the needs  of employers; application processing times that are faster than other federal immigration classes;  and, assistance from Immigration Officers who are readily available to explain program  requirements and processes. 
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GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN SUPPORTS LABOUR RECRUITMENT MISSION TO IRELAND - Government ... - 0 views

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  • GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN SUPPORTS LABOUR RECRUITMENT MISSION TO IRELAND Premier Brad Wall and Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration Minister Rob Norris will participate in a labour recruitment mission to Ireland in March 2012. The delegation will be comprised of Saskatchewan employers and supported by the Government of Saskatchewan. Immigration staff will support employers who are actively making job offers in Ireland at career fairs in Dublin (March 3-4) and Cork (March 7) where more than 9,000 qualified candidates in fields including trades and construction, engineering and health sciences are expected to attend. "The New Saskatchewan offers jobs, a high quality of life, and a welcoming environment to newcomers," Wall said. "We look forward to telling our story in Ireland. Immigration is helping sustain our economic momentum and enriching our cultural diversity." "There is a tremendous pool of qualified people in Ireland who are actively seeking opportunities abroad," Norris said. "The Irish Economic and Social Research Institute estimates 75,000 Irish are expected to emigrate in 2012 as unemployment in the country continues to rise. This mission will connect Saskatchewan employers with qualified candidates who are seeking to emigrate." Twenty-two employers have committed to participating in the mission with more than 275 vacancies on offer. Candidates who receive an offer of employment will work with immigration officers to apply to the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP). "With a record of economic growth, and one of the lowest unemployment rates in Canada, Saskatchewan is a place of opportunity," Norris said. "And we welcome these newcomers to discover the Saskatchewan advantage." -30- For more information, contact: Richelle Bourgoin Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration Regina Phone: 306-787-8153 Email: richelle.bourgoin@gov.sk.ca
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Western Canadian employers court the Irish - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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  • Like the Alberta-B.C. delegation, the Saskatchewan group, which includes 27 employers, has a big presence at the Working Abroad job fair in Dublin this weekend, giving Canadian exhibitors close to 40 per cent of the booths.
  • Saskatchewan government has set up a website that greets potential Irish emigrants with the message “Welcome to your future” and hundreds of job postings. The province is even sending immigration officials to help applicants speed the process of moving to Saskatchewan, while Mr. Wall will greet job seekers on Saturday.
  • Citizenship and Immigration Canada reports 3,729 temporary foreign workers entered the country from Ireland in 2010 – up 25.7 per cent from the year before
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  • Faced with a massive skills shortage and a surge of job openings, Western Canadian employers are looking to an old source for new workers: hard-up Ireland.
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  • Net inter-provincial migration accounted for a little more than a quarter (26.6%) of Alberta’s 10.6% population growth between 2001 and 2006. This was the highest among all Canadian provinces. 
  • The largest number of migrants to Alberta originated from British Columbia (72,680), Ontario (49,455) and Saskatchewan (37,430). Yukon Territory and Prince Edward Island each provided fewer than 1,500 persons while only 310 people changed residence from Nunavut to Alberta during the reference period.
  • Over the course of the same period, Alberta also lost some of its population to other provinces. The largest number of out-migrants, moved to British Columbia (62,795), followed Ontario (29,800), and Saskatchewan (16,635). The fewest number of out-migrants, went to the Northwest Territories (1,655), Yukon Territory (750), Prince Edward Island (630), and Nunavut (195).
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News Release - Minister Kenney strengthens economic value of provincial immigration pro... - 0 views

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  • semi- and low-skilled professions will have to undergo mandatory language testing of their listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities and meet a minimum standard across all four of these categories
  • Starting July 1, 2012, most Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applicants for
  • In Saskatchewan, 5,354 immigrants arrived under the program in 2010, compared with 173 in 2003.
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  • The PNP is now Canada’s second largest economic immigration program, with admissions having grown from about 8,000 immigrants in 2005 to expected admissions of 42,000 people this year. Each province and territory is responsible for the design and management of its own PNP, which must be consistent with federal immigration policy, legislation and the terms of bilateral agreements.
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Manitoba leaking nominee workers - Member News - Community - The Canadian Tourism Human... - 0 views

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  • Between 2005 and 2009, Manitoba received 13,089 immigrants through the provincial nominee program, nearly 40 per cent of the 33,722 nominee immigrants who landed in Canada in those years. Alberta, with 14 per cent, was a distant second.
  • Although immigration falls under federal jurisdiction, Ottawa has signed agreements to let provinces and territories establish criteria for, and seek out, immigrants to fill a province's specific economic needs. Manitoba was the first to sign such an agreement in 1996 and has been the most successful at using the program.
  • In Manitoba, where the provincial government has touted the nominee program as one of the saviours of the provincial economy, nominees are far more likely to be poor and working below their skill level than in other western provinces.
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  • Between 2000 and 2008, 82.6 per cent of Manitoba nominees remained in the province. That compared to 86 per cent in Saskatchewan, 95.6 per cent in Alberta and 96.4 per cent in British Columbia
  • Nominees who leave are most likely to move to Alberta, B.C. and Ontario
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Importing Foreign Workers- The Basics - 0 views

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  • Canada has agreed to the inclusion of the following service sectors in the GATS agreement: business services, communication services, construction services, distribution services, environmental services, financial services, tourism and travel related services and transport services.
  • A GATS professional is one who seeks to engage, as part of a services contract, in an activity at a professional level, provided that the person possesses the necessary credentials and qualifications. There are nine accepted professions under GATS:
  • • engineers; • agrologists; • architects; • forestry professionals; • geomatics professionals; • land surveyors; • legal consultants; • urban planners; and • senior computer specialists.
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  • Under GATS professionals may only work in Canada for a period of 90 days in any 12 month period
  • Spouses Spouses (including common-law partners) of temporary foreign workers can apply for a work permit without a confirmation from HRSDC, provided that the principal applicant is authorized by a work permit to work in Canada for at least six months. Initial this category was only available for spouses of skilled workers but recently it has been expanded to cover spouses of any temporary worker. The spouse of a temporary worker may apply for an open work permit, which allows the spouse to accept almost any job. The spouse's work permit will expire when the principal applicant's work permit expires.
  • As a general rule, a person who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident must hold a valid work permit in order to work in Canada. Work permits are issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”). Further, as a general rule, prior to the CIC issuing a work permit, the employer must receive a confirmation of employment from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (“HRSDC”). This confirmation of employment is referred to as a “Labour Market Opinion” (“LMO”).
  • Foreign workers may also require a temporary resident visa to work in Canada; however, citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. are exempt from this requirement.
  • Under Canadian immigration law, it is the worker who must apply for and receive the work permit.
  • foreign worker must submit to CIC a copy of the HRSDC confirmation of employment and a detailed description of the employment offer (provided by the employer). There is a non-refundable fee of C$150 for processing an application for an individual work permit.
  • worker may apply for a work permit before entering Canada, at a port of entry or from inside Canada, depending on the worker's status
  • Generally, temporary foreign workers must apply for a work permit before departing for Canada, although the actual work permit will be printed and given to the foreign worker at the port of entry when he/she enters Canada.
  • If the foreign worker is from the U.S. or if the foreign worker does not need a temporary resident visa to visit Canada and an exemption is available from the requirement to obtain a confirmation of employment
  • the foreign worker is prohibited from applying for a work permit until his or her arrival at a port of entry.
  • If the applicant has been working in Canada for at least three months under an exemption, other than as a business visitor, but wants a permit to accept another job the foreign worker can apply for a work permit while already located in Canada
  • The worker is expected to abide by the terms and conditions set out in the work permit. Work permits are valid only for a specified job, employer and time period. However, workers can apply to the CIC to modify or extend their work permit. An application to extend a work permit should be made at least 3 months prior to the permit's expiry.
  • It is currently taking CIC over 117 days to process an application to renew or to change the terms and conditions of entry to Canada
  • Once the application is submitted the foreign worker can continue in employment pending approval of the extension, as long as they remain in Canada while that application is pending.
  • If the employer dismisses the foreign worker, the employee must apply to change their status to a visitor or find a new employer and apply to change the work permit to that new employer. There is no positive obligation on any employer to report the change in employment status to Immigration
  • Confirmation of Employment As a prerequisite to issuing a work permit, an immigration officer will generally require a Labour Market Opinion or a "confirmation of employment" from HRSDC. An employer who wishes to hire a temporary foreign worker is responsible for having the job offer validated by HRSDC. HRSDC will base its confirmation of employment on the following factors:
  • guidelines introduced by Service Canada for minimal recruitment efforts are as follows and are strictly adhered to:
  • NOC O and A Occupations You will have conducted the minimum advertising efforts required if you: • Conduct recruitment activities consistent with the practice within the occupation (e.g., advertise on recognized Internet job sites, in journals, newsletters or national newspapers or by consulting unions or professional associations); or • Advertise on the national Job Bank (or the equivalent in Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan or the Northwest Territories) for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days, during the three (3) months prior to applying for a LMO
  • If HRSDC is satisfied that the employment offer to a foreign national will not adversely impact the Canadian labour market, it will issue a confirmation of employment or LMO to the employer and enter the confirmation of employment into a database that can be accessed by immigration officials.
  • The employer then generally sends the foreign worker a copy of the LMO, as well as a detailed employment offer to be presented to immigration officials when the worker applies for his/her work permit at an overseas Canadian Consulate or upon the worker's arrival at a port of entry, if the worker is coming from a country that is visa exempt. Upon receipt of the HRSDC confirmation, immigration officials will decide if the foreign worker otherwise qualifies for a work permit.
  • confirmation process through HRSDC is a distinct stage from that of the work permit issuance by CIC. Currently the processing time at HRSDC is estimated at 3 to 5 weeks after receipt of acknowledgement of the application. Acknowledgements of receipt are currently taking 2 to 3 weeks.
  • Workers who require a work permit but not a confirmation of employment include those who are found to provide a significant benefit to Canada, spouses of temporary foreign workers, information technology workers, graduate students under a specialized work program and those who qualify for exemptions under NAFTA and GATS.
  • a 4 year cap on LMOs and an expiry date so foreign workers must rely on it within 6 months of issue or new recruiting efforts will be required.
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Lure of jobs in Alberta not enough to get workers to stay: StatsCan - 0 views

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  • A Statistics Canada study suggests that the lure of jobs in Alberta's energy sector isn't enough to persuade out-of-province workers to make a permanent move.
  • there were plenty of people moving to Alberta between 2004 and 2009. But only one in four who were coming for jobs decided to make Alberta their primary residence
  • three-quarters of the job seekers were men under the age of 35 from British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Atlantic Canada
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  • Roughly half of those were employed in construction and oil and gas extraction. More than one-third of female interprovincial employees were working in accommodation and food services or retail trade.
  • In 2004, there were between 62,000 and 67,500 interprovincial employees in Alberta, accounting for about 3.8 per cent of provincial employment. By 2008, the number of interprovincial employees had increased to a peak of 133,000, making up 6.2 per cent of the workforce.
  • More than 330,000 workers live and work in Canada as part of the federal temporary foreign worker program — a number that has nearly tripled over the last 10 years, with the bulk of those job seekers going west in search of work.
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  • In a sign that labour shortages have returned to Alberta, a major industrial employer launched a hiring campaign Tuesday to attract 9,000 workers in 2011.
  • Ledcor Industries Inc. has already hired 3,800 workers so far this year.
  • “Whenever there are quotes about the size of projects, it’s often 50 per cent labour and 50 per cent material,” Walker said.
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  • Walker said Alberta can no longer rely on drawing labour from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Maritimes because those regions are busy too. Meanwhile, the workforce is aging and families are growing smaller.
  • In a news conference at the Alberta Art Gallery, which the company built, Ledcor unveiled its first official recruitment drive; in the past, it hired mostly through referrals, said Sue Melik, director of recruiting.
  • “We’ve always done a lot of hiring, but we’ve never been strategic about it by going to the market,” she said.
  • “If Ledcor’s looking to hire over 9,000 people in 2011, we need to open up the gates.”
  • Centred around the theme “I (We) Built This,” Ledcor will blanket Calgary, Edmonton and Fort McMurray with billboards, posters in restaurants, bars and airports, contact cards and use social media for the first time, by reaching out with a Facebook page. The company also hopes to lure more aboriginals and women to its workforce
  • The company, which employs 5,000 people across North America, is looking for both tradespeople and office help.
  • Best known for its construction division, its arms with the greatest needs for workers are actually its industrial, maintenance and civil divisions, all active in the oilsands industry near Fort McMurray, she said.
  • Alberta faces a shortage of at least 77,000 workers over the next decade, said Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk.
  • n April, Alberta’s unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent, down from 7.6 per cent a year earlier
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Labour already tight early in recovery: panel - 0 views

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  • return of scarce labour and rising construction costs will be the downside of renewed economic growth in Alberta
  • Alberta's 5.7-per-cent unemployment rate in February was tied with Saskatchewan for second-lowest in the country behind Manitoba. Private-sector job growth in the province leads the nation at five per cent year-over-year.
  • But 62 per cent of business leaders also reported that finding workers was a problem, he said.
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  • In a January survey of city businesses by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, 65 per cent said economic conditions were better than a year ago, said Rick Hersack, the chamber's chief economist.
  • "Businesses are telling us that we're back up into a growth mode and we're concerned it might be going into another boom -the concern mainly being the strain on labour availability," Hersack said
  • In the goods-producing sector, a higher proportion -80 per cent -called labour supply a problem, while 56 per cent expected a shortage in one to three years.
  • In the service sector, 54 per cent said labour availability was a problem and 44 per cent anticipated a shortage
  • "With the ramp-up in the energy sector, that affects essentially all of Alberta," Hersack said. "We also asked our members about their hiring intentions and they'll well exceed the availability of labour force.
  • Kavcic said labour shortages will push wages up.
  • as wages rose, migration of labour from East to West would also rise.
  • "Three areas that clients and business owners remain cautious on are labour force, what's going to happen with commodity prices and the weather," Hogg said.
  • "Businesses all remember what happened in Alberta in 2005 with the difficulty and expense of hiring employees."
  • A report released by the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada Tuesday also warned a labour force of about 130,000 workers will be needed to fill new jobs in the oilpatch and keep pace with retirements.
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  • For  those  of  us  that  follow  the  ebbs  and  flows  of  migration  data,  the  most  recent release from Statistics Canada’s Quarterly Demographic Estimates caught us off guard. While  most  media  did  not  report  on  the  release,  headlines  could  have  run  the  gamut, from “Canada  experiences  its  second  largest  quarter‐over‐quarter  decline  in  net international  migration”  to  “British  Columbia’s  net  international  migration  is  negative for the first time ever”
  • In  British  Columbia  the  rather  significant  divergence  from  recent  trends  was  the consequence of the departure of large numbers of temporary workers and/or students from  the  province,  presumably  returning  home.
  • Alberta  saw  the  number  of  non‐permanent  residents  decline  by  6,725, Saskatchewan by 414, Manitoba by 406, Ontario by 12,603, and Quebec by 5,900. The most  notable  changes  were,  however,  in  the  west.  In  only  two  provinces  (BC  and Alberta)  was  immigration  not  significant  enough  to  balance  the  outflow  of  non‐ permanent  residents,  thus  resulting  in  declines  in  total  net  international  migration  of 727 in BC and 2,092 in Alberta
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Job seekers heading back to Alberta - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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  • Job seekers are flooding back to Alberta after a two-year lull, lured by a resurgence in the oil patch and growing hiring demands. Alberta saw a net inflow of 5,300 people from other provinces in the first quarter of 2011 -- its highest rate of interprovincial migration since the first quarter of 2006, according to Statistics Canada preliminary population data reported Wednesday.
  • The province saw steady inflows of workers from other parts of Canada between 1995 and 2009, but saw outflows in 2010 for the first time in 15 years.
  • Alberta’s gain appears to have come from Atlantic Canada and other Prairie provinces. Newfoundland recorded a net outflow of 500 people and Nova Scotia lost 1,000 to interprovincial migration in the first quarter.
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  • Manitoba lost 1,000 to other provinces, while Saskatchewan lost 600 people. It was the booming Prairie province’s first quarterly net outflow of people to other provinces since the third quarter of 2006.
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