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A 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.# z* F9 J3 b& w
- S5 {; A. [0 @" X6 L3 N& {“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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The 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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, z$ F! V; g& ^8 t6 C4 K" I! B2 FThis shortage of labour will slow economic growth, costing jobs and reducing government revenue, said business groups.4 u @6 J; v7 J9 S
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The coalition is asking government to:& o2 P' V+ c( f3 X
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Change the Federal Skilled Worker Program to place greater emphasis on labour demands.5 G4 p% h9 d: G6 S9 a+ T( B' ]9 @
Make it easier for temporary workers to become permanent immigrants.
+ z* w9 T" V3 [8 ?& b. ^Change National Occupation Codes to reflect employer needs and recognize a broader range of skilled positions.
! ~0 O6 P( u$ a0 o. K+ \- sStreamline the Temporary Foreign Worker application and approval process.2 @7 c! t# D/ J, e
“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.& d% I7 l0 Z0 v" W3 A( b( F1 A
9 y; u: j7 m8 [ i* A* G( W2 e1 e"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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The Alberta government agrees the cap on immigrant workers allowed to come to the province needs to be much higher, said Shipton." [; a1 g6 ?: v$ l& P( o( U& ^) P. ~
4 C1 O F0 u6 a6 o; vCurrently the federal government has set the cap at 5,000 workers, while Alberta wants the number raised to 10,000.. T4 o) I" f; C+ Z
+ A' d0 P8 f* d, ^- C"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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