Human Resources Minister Diane Finley

Federal Government Lawyer Dept: Human Resources Minister Diane Finley issued a written statement to reporters last November that said she and her ministry were "not satisfied" HD Mining had made sufficient efforts to recruit or hire Canadians for its proposed Murray River underground coal mine near Tumbler Ridge, B.C, according to Montreal Gazette. During a hearing related to the case on Wednesday, a federal government lawyer insisted Finley's statement shouldn't be interpreted to suggest there was anything wrong with HD Mining's applications for temporary work permits and vANCOUVER - A government lawyer is attempting to walk back comments from a federal cabinet minister who publicly suggested a mining company may not have followed the rules when it obtained permits to bring 201 Chinese miners to a project in northern British Columbia. HD Mining's project is now the subject of a legal challenge in Federal Court, where two unions the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Construction and Specialized Workers Union are arguing the temporary foreign worker permits should be revoked. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.