… About training British Columbians for new jobs

By Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett

1. With new mines, a stable forest industry, a growing tourism industry, government and private investment in infrastructure and the Liquefied Natural Gas industry, British Columbians will have a generational opportunity to get high paying jobs by gaining the skills needed.

2. Government’s goal is for British Columbians to have first chance at the jobs, Canadians next, immigrants next and then if necessary, temporary foreign workers. Experts say there will not be enough Canadians to fill the jobs over the next 20 years, which is a better problem to have than a lack of opportunities.

3. Recently, the federal government agreed to work with B.C. to reduce barriers to training, to work with industry to open more pathways to success, to move training in B.C. schools towards meeting the demand of the work place and to bring people into the workforce that are currently not working.

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