Canada

Canada / Temporary foreign workers, a permanent solution?

The permanent solution? Temporary foreign workers. Currently, more than 330,000 workers live and work in Canada as part of the federal temporary foreign worker program – a number that has nearly tripled over the last 10 years, with the bulk of those job-seekers going west in search of work Continue reading →

Canada / Changes to Employment Insurance lessen access for incarcerated individuals

As of June 30, 2013, individuals who are incarcerated and found guilty of an offence for which they are being detained will no longer be able to benefit from extensions Continue reading →

Canada’s New ‘Census’ / Retail jobs among most common and lowest paid | Toronto Star

Retail clerk is one of the most common jobs in Canada according to new data from the 2011 National Household Survey released Wednesday by Statistics Canada Continue reading →

Canada’s New ‘Census’ / Women lead in post-secondary education and Immigrants more educated than average Canadian

Canada’s New Census on Higher education: Women are continuing to outpace men, while newcomers are arriving in Canada with more post-secondary experience than the average canadian Continue reading →

Canada’s New ‘Census’ / Young backing away from skilled trades

Canada is facing a looming shortage in handy skilled trades workers — including mechanics, welders and construction staff — as the number of qualified older workers approaching retirement outnumbers younger ones, according to new data from Statistics Canada Continue reading →

Canada / Skilled workers lured west, Thx EI changes

Of all the provinces, Alberta registered in the 2011 survey as having the largest proportion of workers – 7.6 per cent – who were living in a different province five years earlier. Continue reading →

Canada / The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in April virtually unchanged

Following a decline in March, the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in April was virtually unchanged at 521,600. This follows a steady downward trend over the previous five months. Compared with a year earlier, the number of beneficiaries in April was down 4.7% Continue reading →

Canada’s Census / Statscan chief finds Canada’s first National Household Survey a “success,”

Canada’s first National Household Survey has been a “success,” and those who criticize the quality of its data are doing a “disservice to Canadians,” Statistics Canada’s chief statistician says. Continue reading →

Barrick Gold Corp / To lay off up to a third of staff

Barrick Gold Corp will lay off up to a third of its corporate staff at its headquarters in Toronto and other offices, sources said, as the world’s top bullion producer intensifies a downsizing plan amid a slump in the price of gold. Continue reading →

Canada Job Grant / A non-starter ?

Given the alleged pervasiveness of the skills shortage and the impact it has had on local economies within Canada, one might think it wise for Ottawa and the provincial capitals to find common ground on a matter that affects them with equal adversity. Yet, the idea of establishing a national education and/or training strategy — … Continue reading →

Canada Skills Gap in Pictures / 25 occupations desperately needing workers

Canada Job Grant / Deeply flawed say Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation and the Caledon Institute for Social Policy

Ottawa’s proposed Canada Job Grant is deeply flawed and should be abandoned, a joint report to be released Monday by two policy think tanks says. Despite the upbeat TV ads Ottawa is running in support of its new $15,000 a person training program, it’s far from clear the program will deliver the promised results or … Continue reading →

BC / First Nations Job Search Sites

General Search Simply Hired – http://www.simplyhired.ca/a/jobs/list/q-aboriginal/pn-2 Aboriginal Canada – http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp.nsf Indeed – http://ca.indeed.com/jobs?q=aboriginal&gclid=CJmV5pm5g7MCFQSCQgodT0MAcA First Nations in British Columbia – http://fnbc.info/jobs First Nations Jobs Online- http://www.firstnationsjobsonline.com/

Canada / Women and immigrants are the new millionaires

Almost half of Canada’s richest residents are new immigrants or first generation Canadians, according to research conducted for BMO. The survey found that two-thirds of Canada’s millionaire respondents were self-made, with only 20 per cent attributing at least part of their wealth to an inheritance. And 48 per cent were either immigrants to Canada (24 … Continue reading →

Canada / Employment Insurance / Down for the fifth consecutive month

The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits continued to trend down for the fifth consecutive month in March, declining slightly by 1.0% (-5,200) to 523,700. Compared with a year earlier, the number of beneficiaries was down 8.1%. All four Western provinces as well as Newfoundland and Labrador had fewer beneficiaries in March, while there was … Continue reading →