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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has begun his annual tour of Northern Canada aimed to focus on resource development and generation of jobs achieved through it for the locals. However, Harper is stepping in Yukon at a controversial time when there is a dispute regarding hiring of foreign workers to the territory. It is being pointed out that Yukon’s government has recently implemented a temporary foreign worker program that will fill positions in tourism and mining, only weeks after 100 Yukon mine staff lost their jobs.
The territorial measures are deemed as an urgent response to chronic labour shortages in the region, however it is strictly in contrast with Ottawa’s appreciated endeavors in the recent months aimed at discouraging the use of overseas workers to replace locals due to deep aggravated public anger over a B.C. mining company that planned to bring up to 200 Chinese workers on board in Canada. Mr. Harper has avoided commenting on the Yukon program by far in his northern tour.
However, the Prime Minister is still pretty consistent on his stance that the government wants economic projects in northern regions to benefit locals. He mentioned in a statement “as Conservatives, we have pledged that northern development will mean northern prosperity.” Federal government has recently made policies in order to support the hiring of Canadians over temporary foreign workers that was put in place on July 31, which includes a $275 user fee for each application to recruit from overseas, along with job requirements in hiring foreign workers to English and French.
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