Temporary foreign workers needed for B.C.’s future, says premier Christy Clark: ‘There’s going to be a spurt in the number of workers that are required.’ By Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press Posted: Oct 03, 2014 10:23 AM PT Last Updated: Oct 03, 2014 10:23 AM PT Living on the Island,
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Cowichan Conversations: BC LNG: Promised Land of Prosperity or Gas Fueled Race to the Bottom?
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor On this the first day of BC’s much ballyhooed International LNG conference, it is worth noting, comparing and contrasting BC’s LNG “model” and that of competing Nations around the world in the natural gas industry. Particularly noteworthy is today’s announcement that Russia and China have signed
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Shameful Foreign Workers Scam
I've watched with growing anger how the Con regime has flooded this country with foreign workers, even though so many Canadians are unemployed.I've watched them use the Temporary Foreign Worker's program to drive down wages and try to bust unions.I've looked on helplessly as some of my own friends have
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Great Foreign Workers Scam
OMG. Can you believe that shameless Jason Kenney? First him and his Cons brought in a flood of foreign workers.Then he claimed there was a skill shortage and there wasn't.Then it was revealed that he has been pimping for a McDonald's franchise.And now he's trying to get some political mileage
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Great Foreign Workers Scam
Well I guess we should have known it was just another Con scam eh? On Tuesday Jason Kenney made it sound like they were making it harder to bring in foreign workers to steal jobs from Canadians. Tough new regulations aimed at quelling fears that foreigners are snatching jobs from Canadians
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Leaf Nation and the Flight of the Cons
Well it was quite a scene in the old neighbourhood last night.Thousands of members of the Leaf Nation cheering on their team outside the Air Canada Centre.And the crowd was so excited for the first time in my life I hoped the Leafs would win.And I was sad when it
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jason Kenney and the Foreign Workers Scam
Well it was quite a spectacle. Jason Kenney in the House of Commons, trying to limit the damage of the foreign worker's scandal.Desperately trying to make it go away.But the look on Peter Kent's face told the story, showed how much that scandal has hurt the Cons.And nothing Kenney said will make
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Monstrous Attack on Justin Trudeau
I told you he was the sleaziest political pervert this country has ever seen.I told you he has no morals. I told you he has no class.I told you he was so scared of Justin Trudeau he would do ANYTHING to screw him.But who knew he was so debased he would turn a horrible
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Foreign Workers Scam
The other day I wrote that the foreign workers scandal had given us a mighty weapon to use to destroy the Con regime.For as you know Stephen Harper likes to boast about the number of jobs he has created.But from now on he'll have to tell that one to his
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Great Betrayal
It's like a nightmare version of Richard III. Or the last act of the Con regime.Stephen Harper limping across the stage of his corrupt and decaying government screaming like a madman:My Kingdom for a pipeline !!!!!Or my Kingdom for a foreign worker !!@#!!Because if you thought the Royal Bank was the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Royal Bank and the Foreign Cons
By now you've probably heard about this outrageous story. Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department.But while the Royal Bank richly deserves what's coming to it, so do the Harper Cons.
Continue readingLeft Over: Banks? Fuggetaboutit………
RBC replaces Canadian staff with foreign workers Axed employee blows whistle; federal government investigating By Kathy Tomlinson, CBC News Posted: Apr 6, 2013 5:31 PM PT This is going to sound like an unpaid ode to Credit Unions, so be it…in this case, because I know it best, VanCity…not only are
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Harper Cons and the Great Job Scam
Gawd. I should have remembered I'm living in Harperland, not Wonderland.I should have realized why that damm cat was laughing at me eh?I should have known you can't trust those two old Con artists, Steve and Jimbo, no matter what they say.I should have known it was all a scam.Read more »
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper Conservatives Not Serious About Temporary Foreign Worker Fix
By: United Steelworkers Union (Press Release) | Mar 5, 2013: TORONTO – The federal Conservative government is showing it is not serious about fixing the discredited Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the United Steelworkers (USW) says. “It has been four months since the Conservatives promised a review of the Temporary Foreign Worker
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Plan for Total Chinese Domination
All hail Great Monkey Leader and his five fourteen year plan to make China richer !!!Where if you're Canadian we don't want you.The B.C. Federation of Labour says documents show it will be 14 years before Canadians replace all the temporary foreign workers from China hired to work at an
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