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Western Canada: B.C. Construction Association

B.C. Construction Association: VANCOUVER - The current shortage of skilled tradespeople in Western Canada is so dire that the B.C. Construction Association is returning to Ireland this month to hire 600 people, said the group's vice-president. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Not everybody agrees with the recruitment drive, especially the province's labour leaders who argue employers can find skilled, unionized Canadian workers to fill immediate, vacant positions. Carpenter Daniel O'Sullivan, of Ireland, poses for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday October 12, 2013. The current shortage of skilled tradespeople in Western Canada is so dire that the B.C. Construction Association is returning to Ireland this month to hire 600 people, said the group's vice-president. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck In fact, even if one-in-five students graduating from high school in B.C. during the next three years were to pursue a trade, there still wouldn't be enough workers to fill shortages in the province's construction industry, said Abigail Fulton. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.