Canadian Apathy and Indifference

I am truly disappointed in my fellow Canadians and their "so what attitude" toward the Conservatives "Temporary Immigration" program.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/labour-shortage-canada-evidence-skimpy-selective-220118449.html


"A lot of the manufacturing jobs are not in the biggest centres of Canada," said Wilson. "It's hard for a company in a town of Saskatchewan, population 300 people, to be able to draw in workers from Toronto. It's hard for someone in Windsor to go to the peninsula in Newfoundland to work in the mines."

The survey results are at times, in line with alarmist declarations by government ministers — including Finance's Jim Flaherty and Human Resource Minister Diane Finley — that Canada faces a critical skills mismatch that is impeding economic growth.

But they are at odds with other studies and surveys, including one from Finley's own department, that suggests the problem may be confined to a minority of industries.

In a report titled "Imbalances Between Labour Demand and Supply, 2011-2020" prepared by researchers at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the conclusion drawn is that there is no general labour shortage today, nor will there be in the next decade despite the aging workforce.
The report found no general disconnect when it compared the 6.5 million job openings expected over the next 10 years to anticipated skill levels likely to come out of Canada's high schools, colleges and universities, as well as from immigrants.

So why has it come to this????

Jason Kenney and Diane Finley have openly said that the program was not intended to replace Canadians in the work place. I believe them. I also believe the program was intended to provide low cost labour to industry, workers that could be brought in to fill the void in the minimum wage bracket. To allow companies to bring in skilled individuals willing to work 12 hour days, seven days a week without benefits or overtime for the extra hours.


You see, Canadian industry has always paid the agencies for their work in finding and providing skilled workers. Now under the Conservative program it is the worker who pays the agency for the privilege of coming to Canada..... saving industry a major expense.

These people are then paid below the going rate or if they are lucky minimum wages. The dilemma, where to house them, most are here without family and fringe companies will provide accommodations as in the London scenario.


The loser here is the immigrant who has a difficult time getting him or herself out from under the slave environment imposed by our government. They live in fear, refuse to complain because historically they don't trust the police or the government.... I wonder why?