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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.# L2 r; A0 O% A! ?
; S+ J- Z' X' D) q Z/ c% w2 o“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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! |$ F* R; I- N& Y& P9 WThe 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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, N% m8 I8 V* K3 j8 O; H4 o) `2 hThis 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:/ Z" J4 N& G. R1 T4 _' [$ Q4 ]
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Change the Federal Skilled Worker Program to place greater emphasis on labour demands.
9 g5 `4 f% a Z I* |Make it easier for temporary workers to become permanent immigrants.
5 a0 ` H/ J2 |/ n4 F6 |$ z0 {Change National Occupation Codes to reflect employer needs and recognize a broader range of skilled positions.
$ N* ^3 k# t3 r; j5 e/ {Streamline the Temporary Foreign Worker application and approval process.& E& Q8 ~, |( Y$ U* \; o
“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.& T- W" y7 _ e, h' l/ L) h. i4 [
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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.4 F4 s6 ~- x* I& M2 S# }0 T
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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.
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# r2 u, u8 W$ RCurrently the federal government has set the cap at 5,000 workers, while Alberta wants the number raised to 10,000.
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; z( b1 v) ?1 U% c( ~6 A( g"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.1 ?% V, i% W7 ~( `
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