[news] The Gigaproject Imports People: 24 Month "Guest Labourers" from China in the Tarsands

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

As demand increased, the government expanded the program and loosened the eligibility criteria. It enlarged the number of "occupations under pressure" for which foreign workers could be recruited. It reduced the time a job had to be advertised in Canada from six weeks to seven days. It set up processing centres in Calgary and Edmonton to fast-track applications. And it allowed employers to keep their foreign "temporaries" for 24 months. But they still had to go home.

  


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