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CEOs want Canada to import temporary workers to oil patch

posted by hillarybain Geography: West Alberta Topics: migration, climate change, oil, corporate

February 23, 2007

CEOs want Canada to import temporary workers to oil patch

The Globe and Mail is reporting that Canadian CEOs want "to import temporary Mexican energy workers" to Alberta.

Nothing like cheap labour for a project making CEOs millions.


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Importing?

It would appear that there are plenty of skilled or trainable workers without importing more from other countries.

I think the key is trainable workers. Spending some time and resources training the current work force seems a better answer.