Political Patronage: Joan Shea

Political Patronage Dept: According to the Shea, the province is expecting approximately 70,000 job openings between 2013 and 2020, but the province's current population cannot fill these openings, according to CBC. Opposition members are critical of the new department, calling it political patronage for a long-time Tory organizer and mHA Joan Shea is defending the provincial government's appointment of Ross Reid to lead its population growth strategy against accusations from the opposition that it is political patronage. Government said possible solutions to this labour gap, such as improving child care policies and increasing immigration, will be investigated by the new deputy minister and his department. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.