As per the Canadian Federal Employment Minister, the issue of an unceasing dearth of trained trades-employees–particularly in the oilsands of the province of Alberta–may only be positively addressed by a BIG arrival of trained and experienced carpenters, welders, besides electricians from abroad.

Jason Kenney, the minister, was reportedly introducing one of the 1st fresh workers, who have obtained escalated permanent resident position through the latest Federal Skilled Trades Scheme. It’s tailored for those who wish to acquire the prized and the much sought after permanent resident status on the basis of being suitably qualified in a skilled trade. With a view to be duly accepted, it’s vital that they possess employment experience in a particular trade and fulfill some other conditions as well.

Kenney proclaimed that a key problem troubling the nation is that young persons do not prefer the trades even as the same is leading to a sharp scarcity of electricians, boilermakers, & welders, across the nation. He added that since the Maple Leaf Country has for all time been a nation of immigration, the government believes that it may employ the national immigration schemes in a much better manner to draw tradesmen who have useful expertise & may literally assist the administration build the nation.

Kenney further said that one sees some of the most acute labour scarcities in the construction trades in the Athabasca oilsands area as it involve multibillion dollar mega construction ventures therein. The country just does not have a sufficient number of skilled trades-persons in the country to fill those labour requirements.

The minister continued that the paucity of quality labor covers the whole country–from the oilsands to mammoth commodity ventures across northern Canada & iron ore projects in Labrador. He added that according to the various industry councils, one expects scarcities of 100s of 1000s of construction trades persons in the coming 10 years. Given this, it’s vital that Canada boasts of an immigration structure which–instead of getting qualified medical physicians to the country to drive cars–gets electricians to do a job as electricians.

As if to drive the message home, he referred to a Northern Ireland based electrician who was reportedly in the Maple Leaf Country on a working holiday scheme when he filed a petition, via the skilled trades plan. Kenney continued that the nation’s previous immigration arrangement was sluggish even as it required sometimes as many as a decade to accordingly process a permit-submission for somebody to shift to the country.