Canada's Manitoba province to hire Pinoy workers
The province of Manitoba in Canada is entering into an arrangement with the Philippine government for the recruitment of Filipino workers.
Manitoba needs truck drivers, welders, machinists, boilermakers, sheet metal workers, glaziers, pipe fitters, plasterers, drywall installers, carpenters, cabinetmakers, bricklayers and stone masons.
An advisory in the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration website said Manitoba premier Gary Doer is arriving in Manila to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on February 8 at the Manila Hotel.
The agreement is meant to strengthen cooperation between Manitoba and the Philippine government in the fields of human resource development and employment.
Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said the accord would also outline the procedure for the hiring and deployment of Filipino workers to the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The MOU would allow Filipino workers to enter Manitoba either as temporary foreign worker or as a permanent resident, excluding those who are seeking to work as live-in caregivers or those who are already approved as Manitoba provincial nominees.
The POEA will register and accredit employers in Manitoba to recruit and hire Filipino workers through Philippine licensed recruitment agencies.
Applicants for Manitoba have to pass the medical health examination required by Citizenship and Immigration Canada for admission to Canada as a temporary or permanent resident.
They should also not have an outstanding custody or divorce dispute that might render them ineligible to become temporary or permanent resident of Canada.
Satisfactory English language proficiency is also required.
Applicants must not have a criminal record and have the skills required by the employer.
The agreement prohibits recruitment agencies from charging placement fees from workers. Employers will pay the cost of hiring the OFW instead.
Last week, Brion went to Vancouver to sign a similar agreement with Minister for Economic Development Colin Hansen for the province of British Columbia.
In December 2006, the first MOU on Cooperation on Human Resources Deployment and Development was signed with the province of Saskatchewan.
The province of Alberta is also working out a similar arrangement.
Earlier, POEA Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz said close to two million jobs would be open to Filipinos in the next 10 years.
Baldoz said demands for skilled Filipino workers are high specifically in Alberta, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and in British Columbia.
There is a big demand for welders, fabricators, transportation, nurses, caregivers, nannies and pipe fitters in the Canadian provinces, she said.
Aside from skilled labor, the province of British Columbia would also need temporary or seasonal workers for the Winter Olympics in 2010.
“Canada has huge demand for skilled workers and professionals, and that it is looking at the Philippines to fill this demand," according to POEA deputy administrator Carmelita Dimzon.
She noted that in British Columbia alone, some 24,000 hotel and restaurant staff would be needed.
Last year, a total of 13, 334 OFWs were deployed to Canada.
With the recent signing of bilateral agreements, the number of OFWs in Canada is expected to increase in the coming years, Baldoz said. - GMANews.TV
Manitoba needs truck drivers, welders, machinists, boilermakers, sheet metal workers, glaziers, pipe fitters, plasterers, drywall installers, carpenters, cabinetmakers, bricklayers and stone masons.
An advisory in the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration website said Manitoba premier Gary Doer is arriving in Manila to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on February 8 at the Manila Hotel.
The agreement is meant to strengthen cooperation between Manitoba and the Philippine government in the fields of human resource development and employment.
Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said the accord would also outline the procedure for the hiring and deployment of Filipino workers to the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The MOU would allow Filipino workers to enter Manitoba either as temporary foreign worker or as a permanent resident, excluding those who are seeking to work as live-in caregivers or those who are already approved as Manitoba provincial nominees.
The POEA will register and accredit employers in Manitoba to recruit and hire Filipino workers through Philippine licensed recruitment agencies.
Applicants for Manitoba have to pass the medical health examination required by Citizenship and Immigration Canada for admission to Canada as a temporary or permanent resident.
They should also not have an outstanding custody or divorce dispute that might render them ineligible to become temporary or permanent resident of Canada.
Satisfactory English language proficiency is also required.
Applicants must not have a criminal record and have the skills required by the employer.
The agreement prohibits recruitment agencies from charging placement fees from workers. Employers will pay the cost of hiring the OFW instead.
Last week, Brion went to Vancouver to sign a similar agreement with Minister for Economic Development Colin Hansen for the province of British Columbia.
In December 2006, the first MOU on Cooperation on Human Resources Deployment and Development was signed with the province of Saskatchewan.
The province of Alberta is also working out a similar arrangement.
Earlier, POEA Administrator Rosalinda Baldoz said close to two million jobs would be open to Filipinos in the next 10 years.
Baldoz said demands for skilled Filipino workers are high specifically in Alberta, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and in British Columbia.
There is a big demand for welders, fabricators, transportation, nurses, caregivers, nannies and pipe fitters in the Canadian provinces, she said.
Aside from skilled labor, the province of British Columbia would also need temporary or seasonal workers for the Winter Olympics in 2010.
“Canada has huge demand for skilled workers and professionals, and that it is looking at the Philippines to fill this demand," according to POEA deputy administrator Carmelita Dimzon.
She noted that in British Columbia alone, some 24,000 hotel and restaurant staff would be needed.
Last year, a total of 13, 334 OFWs were deployed to Canada.
With the recent signing of bilateral agreements, the number of OFWs in Canada is expected to increase in the coming years, Baldoz said. - GMANews.TV
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