Kenney Urging Employers To Look To Canadians, Newcomers To Tackle Skills Shortages

VANCOUVER – In his keynote speechthis week at the B.C. Business Summit,Jason Kenney, Minister of Employmentand Social Development and Ministerfor Multiculturalism, challengedemployers to seek out Canadians andnewcomers to address their skills shortages.New Canadians represent a valuablesource of skilled labour fromwhich employers in Canada can recruit.”Our government’s top priorities arecreating jobs and economic growth. Weare committed to fixing the skills mismatchin Canada where we have toomany Canadians without jobs and toomany jobs without Canadians,” saidKenney. “Canadians, including newcomers,must always be first in line foravailable jobs. Our government is workingwith provinces and territories toimprove foreign credential recognitionso that new Canadians can put theirskills to work sooner.”