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We re really pushing a Team Canada approach and this is something that Sault Ste. Marie is very good at. It s demonstrated that in the past, and coming together now, for Ukrainians, we can show that again," said MP Terry Sheehan. ....
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Illustration by Myriam Wares, Published 14:35, Apr. 14, 2021 In 2017, the head of Canada’s largest labour organization sat down with Ahmed Hussen, then minister of immigration, to discuss an idea that had bubbled up from a building trades union in Toronto. The Canadian Labour Congress suggested testing a program that would invite an underground workforce into the light. According to the CLC’s estimates, thousands of carpenters, concrete finishers, and other foreign tradespeople were working in the region without the legal right to do so. Some had expired work permits; others had originally entered Canada as students or tourists and never had a work permit. With the construction sector expecting a quarter of its workforce to retire in the coming years, the building boom had come to rest on the labour of under-the-table workers. Instead of tracking workers down and deporting them, argued the CLC, why not set them on the path to citizenship? ....
This includes the “Come North” 10-point action plan released in January 2021. Northern Ontario is facing labour shortages as well as an aging and declining population. For this reason, more than 300 people representing over 100 organizations came together for two conferences in February 2020 to address northern Ontario’s population issue. They discussed how to make their communities more welcoming to immigrants and other Canadians. The two conferences were held in Temiskaming Shores and Thunder Bay. The communities identified that they must work together, develop a plan and a brand as well as update the plan every year. One main point in the action plan includes focusing on becoming more welcoming to newcomers as well as current residents in the communities. ....