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Alberta and British Columbia to fast track Temporary Foreign Workers

A new federal pilot project has been launched to speed up the recruitment of temporary foreign workers in Alberta and British Columbia for the following occupations which have been identified as being in high demand:

  • carpenters
  • crane operators
  • dental technicians
  • food counter attendants
  • food and beverage servers
  • hotel and hospitality room attendants
  • hotel front desk clerks
  • pharmacists
  • registered nurses
  • retail sales clerks
  • snowboard and ski instructors
  • tour and travel guides

Human Resources Minister Monte Solberg said that rather than waiting as long as five months for a government labour market opinion about the need to bring in temporary foreign workers, employers will have an answer in five days.
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