Foreign workers at subsidized EV battery plant a 'slap in the face': union
The head of Canada's Building Trades Unions is calling plans to hire upwards of 900 temporary foreign workers to help build a heavily subsidized EV battery plant an 'insult.'
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The head of Canada's Building Trades Unions is calling plans to hire upwards of 900 temporary foreign workers to help build a heavily subsidized EV battery plant an 'insult.'
Henry Kim, a Korean-Canadian business owner in Windsor, reacts to the possibility of 1,600 South Koreans living and working in the city in 2024. Mark Lalovich of the Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors also offers comment.
Bringing in foreign workers with specialized expertise during the initial phases of establishing a technical facility is "very normal," says the head of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce, amid backlash over the expected hiring of hundreds of South Koreans for the NextStar EV battery factory.
A coalition of Canadian tech leaders have penned a new letter to Canada’s finance minister, pressing for a clear roadmap on the long-overdue rollout of open banking.
Albertans had a hard time figuring out what Finance Minister Nate Horner meant when he appeared on a pair of national political shows on Friday and repeatedly outlined his plans for an eyebrow-raising policy to retrofit Alberta homes with an out-of-date heating technology.