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News Article Temporary Foreign Workers Numbers surge outside urban areas While Local 115’s successes in reforming the Temporary Foreign Worker program have been substantial, statistics show that there is little slowdown in the continued use of cheap, imported labour in our province. Iglika Ivanova, C.C.P.A. Several high-profile cases of temporary foreign workers being brought in to staff new projects like the Murray River coal mine in northeastern B.C. have raised questions about whether the new jobs created in Canada’s resource sector (particularly in Western Canada) are actually providing opportunities for previously unemployed local residents. Citizenship and Immigration Canada reports on the number of temporary foreign workers as of December 1 each year. These statistics inevitably omit foreign seasonal agricultural workers who are only in the country during the growing season, and thus underestimate the total number of temporary foreign workers in the Canadian labour market. Nevertheless, the statistics show that the hiring of temporary foreign workers has expanded significantly since the recession, from about 58,000 in 2008 to 74,000 in 2012. This represents an increase of 28 per cent in just four years, which is slightly less than the 36 percent increase in temporary foreign workers Canada-wide. The data show a notable shift in the location of temporary foreign workers in 2012, away from Vancouver toward rural areas of the province. Interestingly, BC’s net job creation in the year between December 2011 and 2012 was concentrated in Vancouver and the province’s three other census metropolitan areas (60.4 per cent of all net new jobs). Only 39.6 per cent of net new jobs in the province in 2012 were created outside these four major urban areas, in the regions where virtually all net new temporary foreign workers were located. The net increase in temporary foreign workers located outside major urban areas between December 2011 and December 2012 exceeded the net new jobs created in those parts of the province that year. While it remains to be seen whether this is the In other words, only about twothirds of the net new jobs created over the last four years went to British Columbians” beginning of a new trend or an artifact in the dataset for that year, the rapid growth of temporary foreign workers outside urban areas is something to monitor in the future. Province-wide, while temporary foreign workers take up a small share of available jobs (just over 3 per cent in December 2012), the net increase in temporary foreign workers (16,000 workers) between 2008 and 2012 represents about 29 per cent of the net increase in jobs (a total of 55,100 jobs) over the same time period. This is a higher share by far than in any other province (the second-highest is Saskatchewan, where 20 per cent of net new jobs since 2008 have gone to temporary foreign workers), except for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which have experienced net job losses since the recession but still have more temporary foreign workers than they used to. In Canada overall, about 15 per cent of net new jobs created from 2008 to 2012 were taken by temporary foreign workers. In other words, only about two-thirds of the net new jobs created over the last four years went to British Columbians. 30 News March 2014
Member Recognition Welcome to 215 new Local 115 members Omar Abdel-Al David Adams Mark Adams Cheriza Adano Michael Adolph William Akhurst Joseph Aldcroft Rebih Al-Hassania Brent Andersen Christopher Anderson Darcy Annis Franco Apa Gilles Audet Allan Aumonier Harvinder Bahia Mandeep Bains Brian Ball Guy Barker Mitch Bartley Shane Batting Kyle Beaton Emmanuel Bedard Dylan Bell Peter Berson John Beveridge Carl Biagioni Dylan Bilanchuk Shawn Blackwood Christopher Blake Darcy Bloomer Kaylin Booth Robert Borrill Kris Bouma Dustin Breeden Lucas Brunner Bryan Buchan Ken Buchan Ken Bunzenmeyer Aaron Bzdel Marc Cabaccang Larry Caherel Troy Callander Joel Caplette Shaun Carlin Lyn Champagne Ivan Clark Jamie Clayton Sam Cocklin David Cooper Jefferson Corrigan Jordan Cumming Simon Cyrenne Aaron Deaton Ernesto Del Giudice Tyson Derdau Mace Desilets Mathew Desmarais Cornelius Dieckman Matthew Dill Jesus Dio Lyle Dixon Micheal Dodgson Cory Dombrowski Liam Donnelly Jamie Donovan Darcy Douglas David Dubord Dezora Duncan Brad Dyrbye Logan Easton Willie Enriquez Bernard Farrelly Eric Fearon Murray Ford Tyson Forsythe Derrick Fowler Chad Francoeur Mark Fraser Eric Gagne James Gagnon Kyle George Tyrone George Brenton Gilbert Lakhbir Gill Brandon Goetzinger Todd Graham Stephen Green Rafael Guia Nathan Guite Tanner Guraliuk Daniel Hamson Clayton Harris Jason Hayes-Holgate Chris Heath Rick Hegge Ezra Henniger Michael Hill Robert Hinksman Kevin Hitchings Rick Hogan Krystal Hoisington Jonathan Hooker Cameron Hough Darlene Hoy Reid Humphris Joseph Hunt Richard John Iain Johnson Steven Jones Robert Joseph Amritpal Jouhal Keegan Kaszas Chris Kay Kevin Kemp Brandon Kennedy Damian Kikals Tanner King David Kiwanuka Alexander Kovachich Kevin Krusch Jim Kula Matthew Lee Noel Leon Taylor Lessor Aaron Lewis Eric Lipsey Darcy Littlewood Alex Lomas-Runquist Michael Lowe Matt Macfarlane Brent Mackenzie Daniel Mackenzie Tyler Mackenzie Aubrey Mcclelland Cedric Mcdonald Scott Mcdougall Kris Mcfarlane Jeremy Mclean Graham Mcphalen Shaldon Mcrae James Michalcak Steven Miller Nelson Miller Darin Mills Sydney Moore Ray Mutas Avinesh Naidy Cory Newton Trevor Nicolas Lucas Nordenlund Mitchell Novak Jacob Olexyn Sam Oliver Greg Otsig Dwane Paddison Jerome Pappenberger Joseph Pilnasek Milan Plesa Aaron Pol Harold Poole Colton Poulin Cameron Prince Brad Prothero Matt Prothero Dean Puckett Dallas Quinn Yamani Rajabu Gavin Ranahan Tanino Raschella Jason Rattell Brady Reeves John Rennie Bradley Rinaldi Devon Rochon Christian Rose Jason Sampson Mike Schofield Dhanwant Sidhu Dharminder Singh Sukhjinder Singh Barinder Singh Ryan Sisson Bryan Smith Paul Smith Shawn Smythe Marcel St. Amand Austin Stedeford Robert Stibbs Bryce Sutton Samuel Sztuhar Eli Tait Trevor Talarico Braydn Tapscott Kyle Taylor Erik Teigland Jeremy Thompson John Thors William Tsao Ron Turgeon Klass Vandenberg Jeremiah Vanderbeek Aaron Vereschagin Simardeep Virk Wyatt Visser Brad Wald Lorne Walter Adam Waters Martin Wicks Gerald Wickson Kurt Widdershoven Kevin Willemse Joseph Wilmot Timothy Wilson Frank Wiseman Steven Wookey News March 2014 31
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