Yearly Archives: 2012

On December 10, 2012, the Federal Government announced a new Federal Skilled Trades Program. This program is designed specifically to address the acute labour shortages that Canada is facing for qualified tradespeople. According to the Canadian construction industry, Canada will need approximately 320,000 new tradespeople by 2020 and BC will need approximately 61,500 of those workers. There are currently not enough Canadians available to fill all…

Over the past few weeks, a lot of questions have been asked about how a mining company operating in British Columbia was able to obtain over 200 work permits for temporary foreign workers from China. It has been reported that approximately 17 miners from China have already arrived and another 60 are expected to arrive in December. The mine, located…

On October 31, 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced that the Canadian Government is expanding the Canadian Experience Class (CEC). This is welcome news for Canada’s labour market because the CEC program ensures that highly skilled workers with Canadian work experience remain in the country.   First introduced in 2008, the CEC program allows international students and…