Skilled Workers: Federal Government

Immigrant Workers Dept: The Alberta government agrees the cap on immigrant workers allowed to come to the province needs to be much higher, said Shipton, according to CBC. "We need to recognize that we are competing not just with the United States, not just with western Canada, we are competing globally for a small pool of skilled workers out there so we need the system to become much more responsive and streamlined to the needs of the economy, he said. Currently the federal government has set the cap at 5,000 workers, while Alberta wants the number raised to 10,000. "We will be more successful in this effort if the federal and provincial governments make the necessary changes to help employers gain access to the human resources we need, Shipton said. div (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.