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1. Foreign workers should be brought in only for a premium, say 25%, which should go to a training fund

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 03:10 PM

May 2013

for local workers so the import is not needed.

If employers complain there no local workers, then train some. Either pay for it themselves or pay a tax on hires from foreign sources.

Get rid of this scam/scab H1B1 program and the like

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Canadian Prime Minister Responds to Outcry, Reinstates Prevailing Wages for Guest Workers [View all] Omaha Steve May 2013 OP

Foreign workers should be brought in only for a premium, say 25%, which should go to a training fund on point May 2013 #1

I Like Your Thinking! Oldtimeralso May 2013 #2

The proof of the pudding is in the eating daleo May 2013 #3

I'll be glad when we see the last of this shiny lipped dweeb. He'll also be the last prairie prime Monk06 May 2013 #4