Lots of foreigners (Americans, Indians, Malaysians) under the guise of “specialty skills” Canadians can’t apparently perform in their customs letter. All lies! Folks forced to signing these bogus letters to allow these foreigners through and steal OUR jobs.
It’s not that Canadians can’t perform these jobs, but that the company doesn’t want to hire or have laid off Canadians that used to do the same job.
Companies like Imoerial should be taxed more. They’ve taken jobs from tax paying Canadians.
IOL tried this in 2014 with Cold Lake and got caught. Suggest the manufacturing sites cut it out as well. https://afl.org/company_promises_to_hire_canadians_after_being_caught_using_tfws_to_replace_domestic_iron_workers/
I need a TFW to cut my grass
@wk go back to Bangalore
@dx
From a certain point of view, that is not a lie as Obi Wan Kenobi once said.
Doing a job consists of performing the task and taking into account the associated cost, so they cant perform the job at the same price so from a certain point of view, the locals aren't good enough to do the job. If they agreed to do it at $25/ hour, they might not ask the people on visa to come.
@bm
Layoff enough people and there will always be enough desperate ones thst NEED to come back
Kearl did this back in '14 or '15, cant remember the date. But, one of the general maintenance contractors for the plant punted everyone and brought in TFWs until it made the news. The decision was somewhat reversed and they put the TFWs on 'seasonal' work like insulation and heat trace.
The whole thing sounds ilegal and unethical
@bm I think maybe the op’s point is that their customs letter is a lie.
Canadians CAN perform those jobs. IOL laid them off.
Somehow forgot to mention there's a major turnaround going on?
I hate what has become of this company, but bringing on a temporary workforce for TA support has been the same for decades. And we don't have a network of a dozen 1950's era refineries anymore. Do the math.
If I was a laid off Imperial specialist and asked to come back for temporary TA work, would happily tell them to pound sand unless I really needed it.