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2014-05-10 01:40:33 UTC
Anyone else curious about what the true unemployment rate is in Canada?
Considering that the Harper government has been making them up from
KIJIJI ads?
And considering that foreign workers are being counted WITH Canadians in
the numbers for EMPLOYED?
Maybe Canadians can't learn to drive trucks? Or the pay isn't enough
for Canadians to be interested?
Average and Median Monthly Salary Comparison in Canada in Truck Driver
Maximum: 5,833 CAD
Average: 3,471 CAD
Median: 2,800 CAD
Minimum: 2,000 CAD
==========================================================================
CBC News Posted: May 08, 2014
Temporary Foreign Worker Program sanctions trucking company
Paul Easson doesn't think his company has broken the rules
The federal government has sanctioned a fourth employer that was using
the Temporary Foreign Worker Program pending an investigation into the
company's requests for Labour Market Opinions, which are required to
prove the need to hire a temporary foreign worker over a Canadian.
The owners of Eassons Transport in Berwick, N.S., saw its permits to
hire workers through the program suspended on May 1, according to a
notice quietly posted on the web site for Employment and Social
Development Canada.
The notice said the trucking company had its permits suspended because
"there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the employer or group of
employers provided false, misleading or inaccurate information in the
context of the request for that opinion."
"Any allegation of abuse of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will be
vigorously investigated," said Jordan Sinclair, a spokesperson for the
department of Employment and Social Development Canada, in an email to
CBC News on Thursday.
"We encourage all Canadians who have concerns or information to call our
tip line ... or to write to us," Sinclair said.
The government has previously revoked or suspended permits for companies
in B.C., Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.
In an interview with CBC News on Thursday, company president Paul Easson
said he was surprised by the suspension but will fully co-operate with
the federal investigation.
"I assume there's probably been a complaint. So we're just going to
co-operate with them to give them all the information that they need to
try and get the suspension lifted," Easson said.
Truck drivers shortage
The company, which operates a fleet of 125 tractors and 150 trailers to
deliver food shipments from Atlantic Canada to other cities across the
country and the U.S., claims it has had a difficult time finding
Canadian drivers.
"There's been a shortage of truck drivers in Canada for the last ten
years and we haven't been fully staffed. This has been a good part of
the solution for us," Easson said.
Easson told CBC News the company has already hired a dozen or so
Jamaican drivers through the program, but needs more to cover the
upcoming vacation season.
"We feel that we haven't done anything wrong and we feel that when the
audit is finished that will be proven and everything will be fine. I
just hope it doesn't take a long time to do it," Easson said.
The company's claim of a truck driver shortage appears to be backed by a
report published by the Conference Board of Canada in February 2013.
The report concluded that as a result of aging driver demographics and a
growing demand for trucking services, the shortage of truck drivers
could reach 25,000 by 2020.
"Tens of thousands of truck drivers are approaching retirement age, but
very few young people and immigrants are entering the industry," said
the report which was funded by the Canadian Trucking Alliance, a
federation of provincial trucking associations.
While Eassons Transport has three other offices — in Ontario, New
Brunswick, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador — only the office in
Nova Scotia was put on the government's so-called blacklist.
The company prides itself on delivering food "on time and free of
physical damage," according to a promotional video posted on its web site.
Employment Minister Jason Kenney is expected to make more changes to the
Temporary Foreign Worker Program in the next few weeks, following a
series of stories by CBC News on alleged abuses of the program.
Kenney said he intends to give Service Canada further audit powers to
ensure employers stick to the rules.
__________________________________
Temporary Foreign Worker Program sanctions target 3 employers
Considering that the Harper government has been making them up from
KIJIJI ads?
And considering that foreign workers are being counted WITH Canadians in
the numbers for EMPLOYED?
Maybe Canadians can't learn to drive trucks? Or the pay isn't enough
for Canadians to be interested?
Average and Median Monthly Salary Comparison in Canada in Truck Driver
Maximum: 5,833 CAD
Average: 3,471 CAD
Median: 2,800 CAD
Minimum: 2,000 CAD
==========================================================================
CBC News Posted: May 08, 2014
Temporary Foreign Worker Program sanctions trucking company
Paul Easson doesn't think his company has broken the rules
The federal government has sanctioned a fourth employer that was using
the Temporary Foreign Worker Program pending an investigation into the
company's requests for Labour Market Opinions, which are required to
prove the need to hire a temporary foreign worker over a Canadian.
The owners of Eassons Transport in Berwick, N.S., saw its permits to
hire workers through the program suspended on May 1, according to a
notice quietly posted on the web site for Employment and Social
Development Canada.
The notice said the trucking company had its permits suspended because
"there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the employer or group of
employers provided false, misleading or inaccurate information in the
context of the request for that opinion."
"Any allegation of abuse of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will be
vigorously investigated," said Jordan Sinclair, a spokesperson for the
department of Employment and Social Development Canada, in an email to
CBC News on Thursday.
"We encourage all Canadians who have concerns or information to call our
tip line ... or to write to us," Sinclair said.
The government has previously revoked or suspended permits for companies
in B.C., Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador.
In an interview with CBC News on Thursday, company president Paul Easson
said he was surprised by the suspension but will fully co-operate with
the federal investigation.
"I assume there's probably been a complaint. So we're just going to
co-operate with them to give them all the information that they need to
try and get the suspension lifted," Easson said.
Truck drivers shortage
The company, which operates a fleet of 125 tractors and 150 trailers to
deliver food shipments from Atlantic Canada to other cities across the
country and the U.S., claims it has had a difficult time finding
Canadian drivers.
"There's been a shortage of truck drivers in Canada for the last ten
years and we haven't been fully staffed. This has been a good part of
the solution for us," Easson said.
Easson told CBC News the company has already hired a dozen or so
Jamaican drivers through the program, but needs more to cover the
upcoming vacation season.
"We feel that we haven't done anything wrong and we feel that when the
audit is finished that will be proven and everything will be fine. I
just hope it doesn't take a long time to do it," Easson said.
The company's claim of a truck driver shortage appears to be backed by a
report published by the Conference Board of Canada in February 2013.
The report concluded that as a result of aging driver demographics and a
growing demand for trucking services, the shortage of truck drivers
could reach 25,000 by 2020.
"Tens of thousands of truck drivers are approaching retirement age, but
very few young people and immigrants are entering the industry," said
the report which was funded by the Canadian Trucking Alliance, a
federation of provincial trucking associations.
While Eassons Transport has three other offices — in Ontario, New
Brunswick, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador — only the office in
Nova Scotia was put on the government's so-called blacklist.
The company prides itself on delivering food "on time and free of
physical damage," according to a promotional video posted on its web site.
Employment Minister Jason Kenney is expected to make more changes to the
Temporary Foreign Worker Program in the next few weeks, following a
series of stories by CBC News on alleged abuses of the program.
Kenney said he intends to give Service Canada further audit powers to
ensure employers stick to the rules.
__________________________________
Temporary Foreign Worker Program sanctions target 3 employers