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All floor models on Sale now floor models one Only one Only one Only one Only one Only when you help us win the race against Hunting tones disease Hunting tones indy go Kart Challenge saturday sept. 6 or sunday sept. 7 Vern 694 1779 5058 Portage ave. Pick your Day f foreign workers Are being flown in to do Basic construction work on one of Winnipeg Gas biggest projects at the expense of local tradesmen according to nip my Pat Martin. He is filing complaints with the Federal ministries of human resources and immigration demanding the foreign workers be sent Home so Manitoban can build the Winnipeg Airport and keep the benefits in the province. They Are from Russia Latvia Poland the Ukraine. Were not going to take this lying Down. Its a rare thing to have such a Nice construction project in the City of Winnipeg and its a very Good thing for the skilled trades and the local Industry said Martin who represents the Winnipeg Centre Riding. There is no justification to give these jobs away to foreign workers. Under the Federal governments temporary foreign worker program designed to help address labour shortages a company must demonstrate it tried to recruit locally before filling a position with a foreign worker. We have All of these programs to try and get Young aboriginal people through these training programs and then they sit on their Butts while these foreign workers eat their lunch Martin said. Its infuriating. Wayne Mclennan the local business agent for the United brotherhood of carpenters Union confirmed the jobs the foreign workers Are doing at the Airport could be filled by local workers. There Are people who have been going through apprenticeships following certified there Are people looking for work Mclennan said. If theress a Cost to bring them the foreign workers Here Why they bring someone in from split Lake or Portage any number of places raid Raphael Kassis president of ree Maco said he advertised the work first through the Canada Job Bank and newspapers and then went through the proper government channels. He said he has approvals for 36 foreign workers to be on the Winnipeg Airport site. Currently about 23 Are working. He say where the workers came from but insisted they were skilled carpenters. It does not matter where they Are fro you can recruit Good people that Are ready for the the Job whether they Are from India or Russia. The embassies in the countries also do their Homework he said. Ian Mckie operations manager with Ellis Don in Ottawa the construction company that subcontracted the work to ree Maco said they have brought ree Maco in on the Job if they did not have the required work permits. Or. Martin is indicating hers attempting to have him ree Maco revoked Well thatus his business but hell have to do that through proper channels and were not one of them. We did not Issue the work permits the Federal government did. I dont imagine they Issue those lightly Mckie said Jason Bouzanis a spokesman for Federal human resources said he provide any information related to ree Maco for privacy reasons. He told the free press an Access to information request would have to be filed to get specific information on the company. I can assure you if someone received a labour Market opinion. The process is designed to ensure that All of those criteria Are being met Bouzanis said. If we Issue a positive opinion the employer brings it to Cic and then from there the employer works with citizen and immigration Canada to bring the employee in. Construction Industry officials acknowledge that some of the Airport work has taken longer than anticipated but not so much that it will have an Impact on the Cost of the project. Are there issues when you build a project like this absolutely said Barry Rempel ceo of the Winnipeg airports authority. He said soil conditions affected some foundation pilings but they were replaced and it did not hold up the delivery and erection of steel framing. He said the building is still expected to be delivered and commissioned some time in 2010, within the original time Frame. With files from Martin Cash Selena. Hinds free press. My. Ca Airport contractor taps foreign workers Manitoban could do Job say my Union official by Selena Hinds living Here paying taxes owing guidelines getting there is no justification to give these jobs away to foreign workers nip my Pat Martin 73% of women read the Winnipeg free press at least once a week. 57% of Winnipeg women read the saturday edition of the Winnipeg free press. Repetitive distressing thoughts and worries distressing repetitive rituals or habits Call us old Centre 942 3331 Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg free press construction workers build a ramp at James Armstrong Richardson International Airport thursday. A _ 05_ aug 29 08. Ind a5 8 / 28/ 08 8 54 37 pm ;