02-15-2009, 11:34 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sunnyvale nursing home
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Alberta to scout German workers
Ah, the speedy hand of government, responding to one crisis (labour shortage) well over a year after it is over, and only to make the new crisis (unemployment) worse. Not nearly as funny as the TV advert I saw from the Government of BC a couple of weeks ago, trying to draw workers from Alberta to BC, when BC's unemployment rate had risen by nearly a full percent in the previous month alone.
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald...4-b48b71951cfb
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02-15-2009, 11:39 AM
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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But who are the Germans scouting? 
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02-15-2009, 11:49 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Daradon
But who are the Germans scouting? |
Jews?
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02-15-2009, 12:21 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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If it's health care workers they're scouting, bring it on. My wife is an RN and she just had to work a 19-hour shift due to chronic short staffing colliding head-on with a spike in ER activity. They're letting her have 8 hours off between shifts, then back at it today. So scouting foreign workers might be bad in some sectors, but there are still sectors that desperately need workers, and health care is definitely one such.
Of course, government intelligence being what it is, it doesn't sound like health care is one of the job sectors they're targeting, so that makes it doubly stupid. Bring in more construction workers to do nothing, but who needs more doctors and nurses. Sheesh.
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02-15-2009, 01:00 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Jews?
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The Polish.
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02-15-2009, 01:06 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Calgary
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Ze Germans are coming?
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02-15-2009, 01:53 PM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliche
The Polish.
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"We were invited!!"
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02-15-2009, 02:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Calgary, AB
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I highly doubt they are tracking professionals here, like nurses, doctors, lawyers, etc. It appears they are looking for non-professionals and forcing them into a very expensive market. Good luck with that, I doubt many Germans are leaping at the opportunity to work for Volker Stevin, Calgary Transit or Earls.
Canada is probably the most difficult jurisdiction in the world for recognizing foreign credentials, without a ton of expensive hoops to jump through, deterring most qualified foreign help right off the bat.
Again, nothing like trying to help 3 years after the fact, and exacerbating a current issue.
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02-15-2009, 03:15 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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That's good, because no one that speaks German could be an evil man.
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02-15-2009, 04:03 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Alberta is about to get a little more efficient.
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02-15-2009, 04:09 PM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Originally Posted by Locke
Alberta is about to get a little more efficient.
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Well the Alberta Oil Industry would benefit a great deal from being much more efficient.
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02-15-2009, 04:12 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Well the Alberta Oil Industry would benefit a great deal from being much more efficient.
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Hell yeah, but they've never been interested in trying.
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02-15-2009, 04:22 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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They're made in Germany, you know the Germans make good stuff.
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02-15-2009, 06:32 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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I guess they couldn't find any more British cops.
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