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March 3, 2012 Calgary Herald
University reaches out to keep foreign students
Graduates seen as part of labour shortage solution
The University of Calgary is reaching out to its foreign students in
hopes they'll be encouraged to stay in Canada long after attaining their
degrees. A full-day conference at the Haskayne School of Business on
Friday showed how retaining those who typically return home soon after
graduation could help stem a growing labour shortage in the province.
March 5, 2012 LeaderPost
Foreign workers need link to Sask. jobs
Province encouraged to reach out
When one HR manager in Sudbury, Ont., heard that Louise Van Winkle
would be in Toronto, the exec grabbed a colleague, jumped on a plane and
flew to see her the same day. The attraction? Trying to find skilled
workers - machinists, in this case - for northern Ontario's burgeoning
mining industry. Van Winkle, a senior manager in the immigration section
of the Canadian embassy in Paris, told that story to illustrate the need
some Canadian employers have for trained and experienced workers - and
how the federal government program for which she works can help them.
March 5, 2012 Calgary Herald
Aborting birth tourism
Canada should look to other countries to solve immigration scam
The privilege of Canadian citizenship is being compromised by
crooked consultants who are encouraging a trade in so-called maternity
tourism - when wealthy pregnant women from China travel to Canada on
visitor or student visas, for the sole purpose of giving birth. These
women have their babies in Canadian hospitals, eventually obtain their
children's birth certificates, and leave the country without paying
their medical bills and secure in the knowledge they've got a future
ticket to immigrate to Canada.
March 7, 2012 Edmonton Journal
Immigrants will fuel labour-market growth until 2015
EDMONTON - Only a few years after Canadians were warned of a mass
exodus of educated workers to the United States and countries farther a
field, a “reverse brain drain” is starting to hit Western Canada in
particular. Amid soaring unemployment rates elsewhere in the wake of a
global recession, Alberta faces labour shortages pegged at 77,000 in
2019 by Ernst & Young and 114,278 in 2021 by the government of Alberta.
The result is three avenues of incoming workers — from overseas, the
U.S., and the eastern provinces.
March 7, 2012 Edmonton Journal
Cap immigration applications, government urged
Clearing backlog of almost a million will help address labour shortage
Though divided along party lines, a House of Commons committee
ultimately wants the federal government to consider more caps on
applications for immigration to tackle a backlog that has now reached
nearly one million, according to a report tabled Tuesday. The result of
a months-long review, the Tory majority on the committee also wants the
government to make skilled workers the priority, particularly the
300,000-strong backlog in applications received prior to 2008.
March 8, 2012 Vancouver Sun
Canadian immigration issues may be legislated away: Kenney
OTTAWA - Canada will consider legislating away its massive backlog
of immigration applications and allowing provinces to cherry-pick from
one big pool of would-be newcomers in a bid to transform Canada's
immigration system into one that's driven by the economy, Immigration
Minister Jason Kenney said Wednesday. In a speech to business leaders at
an Economic Club of Canada luncheon, Kenney promised ``transformational
change'' to immigration that emphasizes the need for skilled newcomers
who can fill gaps in the country's labour market.
March 9, 2012 LeaderPost
Ireland interest overwhelms recruiters
Rob Norris said watching 20,000 people show up in search of
employment at a job fair was a "humbling experience." Norris,
Saskatchewan's minister of advanced education, employment and
immigration, was on hand as part of a recruiting mission by 27 companies
from across the province at job fairs in Ireland. In Dublin, an
estimated 20,000 people came out over two days looking for work.
March 29, 2012 Vancouver Sun
Immigrants to get skills tests abroad
Federal minister says system will give foreign workers a better
idea of how they stack up against Canadians. Immigration Minister Jason
Kenney announced plans to hire an outside company to assess the
educational credentials of newcomers before they arrive in Canada in a
bid to keep foreign physicians from having to drive cabs when they
arrive. Kenney said the government will issue a request for proposals
within the next two months in the hopes of selecting a third-party
organization that can begin conducting these overseas assessments before
2013.
March 29, 2012 Vancouver Sun
Budget: $130M refund aimed at legislating away skilled worker backlog
OTTAWA — The federal government will refund up to $130 million to
federal skilled workers who applied to come to Canada before 2008 in a
bid to get rid of a backlog of about 300,000 applications through
legislation. The plan, outlined in part in Thursday's budget, will
ultimately allow the government to ensure skilled newcomers actually
meet current labour market needs. The budget didn't include plans to
legislate away the entire backlog of nearly one million, which includes
another 160,000 skilled workers who applied after 2008.
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