Jamaicans Recruited for Canadian Jobs |
06 Aug 2007 |
| More than 1000 Jamaicans are to be recruited for jobs in Canada by the end of 2008, under the Overseas Employment Programme. He informed that already, 150 skilled construction workers have been recruited and are expected to leave for British Columbia in the next couple of months, while the Ministry will be establishing a liaison office in the province, to deal with recruitment issues.In addition to these areas, Minister Kellier said that employers are also interested in recruiting practical nurses to work in the health sector.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Derrick Kellier, told JIS News that emanating from discussions with the Canadian Federal Minister of Labour, business leaders and other officials, during an official visit to Canada in June, the need was indicated for skilled workers from Jamaica to work in various industries in the province of British Columbia. "We are expecting, based on discussions...that over the period of a year, we should have upward of 1000 persons going to British Columbia, who would be working in the hospitality, construction and agriculture industries," he informed. According to Minister Kellier, the agreement will seek to address labour shortages in British Columbia, which has an aging population. "British Columbia has a very thriving economy but an aging population and as such, they are in need of a lot of workers. The workforce is about to retire (about a million people) and they are only capable of filling that gap with about 690,000 persons, so there is a huge gap in terms of filling their needs right across the sectors," he pointed out. |
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