FERERAL GOVERNMENT AND PROVINCE OF ALBERTA NEGOTIATING FOREIGN WORKER ACCORD

Canada's Federal government and the Provinceof Alberta have announced that they are negotiating a new accord concerning foreign workers. There seems to be a new emphasis on compliance and protecting foreign worker rights, after many complaints, mainly from labour unions, that foreign workers are being brought in large numbers to decrease rising labour costs and shortages in the Oil Sands projects. The full press release can be found at:

http://www.marketwirecanada.com/2.0/release.do?id=749456