1997
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
On March 11, 1997 the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration began a study of Canada's foreign worker policy, focusing in particular on the needs of the information technology (IT) industry. Over the course of five meetings, the Committee heard testimony from officials from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Human Resources Development Canada, and Industry Canada and from a number of private sector witnesses. The latter included several IT umbrella groups, representatives of individual companies experiencing a shortage of skilled workers, and a representative of an association of IT professional employees. In addition, the Committee heard from an immigration agency and immigration lawyers specializing in facilitating the movement of skilled workers into Canada. (A complete witness list may be found as an appendix to this report.)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
REPORT
FACILITATING THE ENTRY OF TEMPORARY WORKERS
TO CANADA
Scope of the Committee's Study
Characteristics of the Information Technology Industry
The Need for Skilled Workers
Bringing Foreign Workers to Canada Currently
The Pilot Project
The Position of Spouses
Streamlining Immigration Processing
Another Option
Conclusion
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
REQUEST FOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
APPENDIX A
List of witnesses
APPENDIX B
List of organizations who did not appear but submitted a brief
DISSENTING OPINION OF THE BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS
"Facilitating the Entry of Temporary Workers to Canada"
(A) Training
(B) Short-term Solution
DISSENTING OPINION ON FACILITATING THE ENTRY OF
TEMPORARY WORKERS TO CANADA
Submitted by the Reform Party of Canada
Presented By Val Meredith, M.P.
Work Permits for Foreign Workers
Pilot Project
Hi-tech Crisis
Finding A Solution
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
General relevance - all sectors
Policy analysis
Mambabatas and Mananaliksik
National relevance
Pranses and Ingles