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3 o- G5 K# g4 W8 wA coalition of Alberta business groups is calling on the federal and provincial governments to work with industry to address labour shortages in western Canada.
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"Every sector of the economy will be hit hard by a shortage of workers," said coalition spokesperson Richard Truscott, Alberta director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses.% ]- d2 i: o! y$ E' h7 Q
5 s( S3 Y8 b2 _( w. g! q! ?“Governments and industry must work together quickly to explore opportunities to improve temporary worker and permanent immigration programs to meet the needs of a growing economy."
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# j Y5 U- M( T" a5 DThe Alberta government is forecasting there will be 114,000 more jobs than people to fill them in coming years, he said.
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' A" q& g: \6 z. ^3 `* w0 gThis shortage of labour will slow economic growth, costing jobs and reducing government revenue, said business groups.% J* D, I1 Q) L& }& M2 J% \. e
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The coalition is asking government to:
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3 b4 g! M- d7 u! U: w0 M% Q GChange the Federal Skilled Worker Program to place greater emphasis on labour demands.
* e- y( t3 ], G6 S0 D* \! ?Make it easier for temporary workers to become permanent immigrants.
. T. B# P! G9 UChange National Occupation Codes to reflect employer needs and recognize a broader range of skilled positions.- l9 c' k8 ~' d4 y. `; A* s3 k) |
Streamline the Temporary Foreign Worker application and approval process.
) s8 X& w* u) `+ [5 }% n$ d“What’s needed now is the recognition that we must aggressively recruit in international labour markets," said Tim Shipton, President of the Alberta Enterprise Group.
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"We need to recognize that we are competing not just with the United States, not just with western Canada, we are competing globally for a small pool of skilled workers out there so we need the system to become much more responsive and streamlined to the needs of the economy, he said.
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) i9 M- t m1 P; a4 `The Alberta government agrees the cap on immigrant workers allowed to come to the province needs to be much higher, said Shipton.2 B+ I, G% j4 w" {5 Y
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Currently the federal government has set the cap at 5,000 workers, while Alberta wants the number raised to 10,000.
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"We will be more successful in this effort if the federal and provincial governments make the necessary changes to help employers gain access to the human resources we need,” Shipton said.
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