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St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber recently commented on Employment Minister Jason Kenney’s remarks to ease on latest strict amendments to Canada’s foreign worker policy, alleging that he is “a little more optimistic.” However, Rathgeber complained that he cannot see anything that indicates it would benefit his constituents in St. Albert.
According to a statement issued by Kenney on Friday, he alleged to be willing to consider regional exemptions to his recent overhaul of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Kenney exemplified these areas to be with very low levels of unemployment found within regions of higher unemployment. Rathgeber stated that “the reason that I am not jumping up and down is the comments were very guarded” and added that “he said he would consider, not that he would do it.” He added that Kenney was speaking on location in Charlottetown, P.E.I., where the local fishing industry struggles to attract seasonal workers, “although the overall provincial unemployment rate could be in the double digits.”
Rathgeber highlighted that he does not see Alberta fitting in with that condition as unemployment in the province is hovering around five per cent. He pointed out that “I don’t see anything in there that is going to help my constituents in northwest Edmonton and St. Albert who are reliant on temporary foreign workers for restaurants and for higher skilled workers in industrial construction.” Rathgeber added “but I see some cracking in his resolve in that he is getting the message that the announced changes three or four weeks ago now have not been received well.”
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