Controversy brews over influx of foreign doctors to Alberta walk-in clinics

23 June 2014, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – The organization responsible for licensing Alberta’s doctors is raising the alarm over the number of foreign physicians being recruited to the province by privately owned walk-in clinics. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says walk-in clinics, mostly based in Calgary and Edmonton, have sponsored 145 internationally […]

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Monty: Immigration reform vital for America’s competitive edge

26, June 2014, Chron One year ago today, the U.S. Senate passed the first major piece of immigration reform legislation since the Reagan administration. That same day, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee passed a much more focused, but very important measure, called the SKILLS Visa Act, which would provide much-needed updates to our nation’s high-skilled visa system. However, neither

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Canadian government revamps the temporary foreign worker programme

23 June 2014, The Lawyer With the government’s focus on ‘Canadians First’ for Canadian jobs, the requirements to hire temporary foreign workers were revamped to make the hiring of foreign workers, and in particular low-skilled/low-wage foreign workers, more difficult for employers. For employers that utilise labour market opinions (now known as labour market impact assessments

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Race to recruit

24 June 2014, The New Civil Engineer Consultants are competing to fill roles amid a growing shortage of geotechnical engineers, finds Jon Masters. Demand for experienced geotechnical engineers has remained strong in recent years, buoyed by work overseas, as well as the commercial building and energy sectors. With the re-emergence of growth in infrastructure in

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“Made in Canada: How the Law Constructs Migrant Workers’ Insecurity”

Fay Faraday, Metcalfe Foundation, September 2012 In the past decade, Canada’s labour market has undergone a significant shift to rely increasingly on migrant workers who come to Canada from around the globe on time-limited work permits to provide labour in an expanding range of industries. Since 2000, the number of migrant workers employed in Canada

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