International Union of Operating Engineers and B.C. Conifex Power Limited Partnership

B.C. Conifex Power Limited Partnership: The case in Vancouver involves B.C. Conifex Power Limited Partnership, which hired Oregon-based O S Contractors to construct a wood waste storage building at its new bioenergy facility in Mackenzie, north of Prince George, B.C. , according to CBC. Wayne Mills, president of International Union of Operating Engineers local 115 believest he process is flawed and skirts the channels through which foreign workers are properly allowed to enter the country. A British Columbia trade union is challenging a series of work permits issued to American citizens for a power project in the province north, arguing it has uncovered yet another glaring example of a foreign-worker loophole the government must tie up to protect jobs. Temporary Foreign Worker Program complaints began in 2006 Temporary foreign worker overhaul imposes limits, hikes inspections Jason Kenney effectively phasing out temporary foreign workers in low-wage jobs The union contends Canadians lost employment when border agents, whose job it was to scrutinize the qualifications of the eight U.S. workers hired, granted them visas earlier this year, under a provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.