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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.# V+ ]1 w6 L `9 j5 E5 E+ `# k
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“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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5 m. L# {2 Z5 l6 l A4 PThe 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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, b) F4 N S7 _* s& LThis shortage of labour will slow economic growth, costing jobs and reducing government revenue, said business groups.
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The coalition is asking government to:& y1 @7 G; `$ o7 ~& r6 }9 v0 D/ E
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Change the Federal Skilled Worker Program to place greater emphasis on labour demands.
4 o `5 q2 L; F9 C( ^. {Make it easier for temporary workers to become permanent immigrants.
, v% `. X# N1 _3 L+ o9 m4 X# @Change National Occupation Codes to reflect employer needs and recognize a broader range of skilled positions.
' ?8 p% ]8 O" L# d( @Streamline the Temporary Foreign Worker application and approval process.! i# e+ v6 p$ m
“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.8 X3 Y( y+ @$ n9 ~7 J8 ^; c
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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.3 }% c, n& Q. o8 G9 X. A, f
$ V. n; `7 V, U5 }/ `( |9 t( h* VThe Alberta government agrees the cap on immigrant workers allowed to come to the province needs to be much higher, said Shipton.
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# t& D4 V/ k1 J, yCurrently the federal government has set the cap at 5,000 workers, while Alberta wants the number raised to 10,000.* E' G/ j3 }4 _+ i8 y
. ^7 @ `/ {$ D"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.% @0 G7 Y/ c' e' F' D
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