Followers

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Should Taxpayers shell out for additional resources for Maple Leaf Immigrant Workers?

It is a loaded question and it is being tackled by CBC. 
The facts are as follows:
Maple Leaf cannot find enough workers to fill the vacancies in their establishment and Canadians it appears are not interested in the kinds of jobs Maple Leaf offers - because there are many people, newcomers included, who are out of work in the City of Winnipeg and are not given or do not want those kinds of work. So Maple Leaf has to look elsewhere.  There are a couple of things Maple Leaf can do before bringing people to the country.
1) Maple Leaf can set up ESL schools in the source country for potential workers and their children - they will pay a fraction of the cost because wages are way lower in those countries - to prepare its workers for life in Canada. Give them about six months preparation and let them know they have to have a certain facility in the language before they will get a visa to work in Canada. This will motivate the learners to learn as quickly as they can;

2) Maple Leaf could also build affordable houses  about half hour outside the City of Brandon to provide living quarters for its workers and bus people in to work each day, this will solve the housing problems. It should make English Language the language of its business so that newcomers will be forced to continue practising their English so that they will not forget it;

3)  The government can contribute by providing basic settlement services to the newcomers - such as workshops on such topics as Canadian culture, dressing for the weather, sports, healthcare, child welfare services etc.  I think taxpayers would not mind a small contribution.  The bottom line is that Maple Leaf should bear most of the cost of workers who contributes and recoup it in the cost of their products.  In this way everyone contributes for the privilege of getting our processed foods. Thanks to the immigrants who take on work that Canadians shone.

No comments: