Foreign Workers: NWT Chamber of Commerce

NWT Chamber of Commerce: Mike Bradshaw, executive director of the NWT Chamber of Commerce, said businesses already spend tens of thousands of dollars trying to hire Canadians. He said some businesses in the North cant afford to wait months longer, according to CBC. Bradshaw said temporary foreign workers not only fill those holes, but are a benefit to the economy, especially if they are able stay after their work permit expires and The federal government is tightening rules for businesses that want to hire temporary foreign workers, but some northern businesses people say the changes will make it harder to recruit the employees they need. "It doesn't make any sense to us to penalize employers and businesses to make it even more difficult to work their way through the process," he said. When you do everything you can to attract people and they don't want to move, you still have a hole you have to fill. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.