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Funny thing is, this is exactly what the temporary foreign worker program should be for. Bringing in someone with experience, knowledge or qualifications that are necessary for the job and can’t be found in a domestic candidate.
 
LeafGm said:
Funny thing is, this is exactly what the temporary foreign worker program should be for. Bringing in someone with experience, knowledge or qualifications that are necessary for the job and can’t be found in a domestic candidate.
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Corporate donors were allowed to make the program look bad though. Yeah, maybe we needed a foreigner to run our rail construction projects but not to pour my coffee.
 
This is making the rounds in the recruitment world. This is crazy this is allowed. I have filled those roles a lot myself. These companies are saving a ton by not hiring a Canadian.

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JackBurton said:
This is making the rounds in the recruitment world. This is crazy this is allowed. I have filled those roles a lot myself. These companies are saving a ton by not hiring a Canadian.

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I mean...doesn't this guy make the argument for hiring foreign at the end?

Yeah, it might be okay to admit that we don't have high end passenger rail executives available here.
 
MindzEye said:
I mean...doesn't this guy make the argument for hiring foreign at the end?

Yeah, it might be okay to admit that we don't have high end passenger rail executives available here.
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We 100% do. Filling that role is easy. And our high end rail is still not very high end and really outdated compared to the rest of the world.
Metrolinx issues isn't because they hired Canadians for the LRT. From top-to-bottom they are horribly run. I have taken employees from that project to fill some of my roles.
 
Im less upset by a high paying niche role going to foreign person (likely cheaper than hiring a foreign consulting firm) than I am seeing all the lower end jobs claiming to pay 36 an hour and then filing for a temp foreign worker after having no intention to even look at local talent.
 
trujaysfan said:
Im less upset by a high paying niche role going to foreign person (likely cheaper than hiring a foreign consulting firm) than I am seeing all the lower end jobs claiming to pay 36 an hour and then filing for a temp foreign worker after having no intention to even look at local talent.
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I get it. That's a concern as well. And that gets more press than this will.. The thing is, with construction of any kind, due to our climate, there is better candidates in Canada likely. The people who come from warm climates who have worked or managed construction projects need to learn the different in builds for 3-5 years. H&S is also way different in North America as well.
It's a bad look.
 
JackBurton said:
We 100% do. Filling that role is easy.
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Filling executive roles on projects of a type that we have no national track record in delivering successfully with professionals from that country is easy?

Oh, I'm sure we can hire someone for it. I'm not remotely convinced that the local we hired would be a better choice for it than someone who has done similar projects successfully in places these projects happen. There's a reason we hired a Spaniard for the construction of the Alto. It's okay to admit that we don't have everything figured out about everything here. Rail is one thing we are legitimately a fucking backwater in.

JackBurton said:
Metrolinx issues isn't because they hired Canadians for the LRT. From top-to-bottom they are horribly run.
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I mean, if you want to blame Verster, have at it. That lines up with my overall argument as well though. A guy from the UK rail industry. Hardly the talent pool we want to be dipping into if we're looking for people with real backgrounds in delivering the type of projects we were trying to pull off.

With that said, from reporting on the issue, it really does appear like the legacy Metrolinx people were obstructionist with the German's brought in to do the things. Our Canadians were a big part of the problem that led to the project getting scaled down.
 
JackBurton said:
The thing is, with construction of any kind, due to our climate, there is better candidates in Canada likely. The people who come from warm climates who have worked or managed construction projects need to learn the different in builds for 3-5 years.
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Mate, we're not the only country on the planet that deals freeze/thaw. Most of Europe deals with it to some degree or another.
 
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