Up to 2,000 Chinese miners on their way to BC
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Well, they did do fairly well on building the C.P.R.- at least the heavy work. Pound for pound them suckers are pretty skookum.
Geez, Petros too early in the day for serious thought. Just waiting for my bro-in-law to pick me up to go to the casino. Basically, I'm not racially prejudiced. I think every well meaning person should have a chance, but I do believe in using our own available domestic help first. Unfortunately, no doubt in both countries there are a few who more interested in quitting time and pay day than doing the work-
Have no idea if this is part of the problem. Just waiting for the resident expert to jump in here.............(like a bull in a China shop) ooooooooh excuse the pun.
And if our domestic types don't know what they are doing?Geez, Petros too early in the day for serious thought. Just waiting for my bro-in-law to pick me up to go to the casino. Basically, I'm not racially prejudiced. I think every well meaning person should have a chance, but I do believe in using our own available domestic help first. Unfortunately, no doubt in both countries there are a few who more interested in quitting time and pay day than doing the work-
I've looked at the stratigraphy of the proposed mine. I wouldn't let Canadians build it. There will be deaths in that project.
Depends on whether they can be trained or not and how much training is needed. Are they Chinamen checked out before they leave China or is it just first come first served on the boat?
Now here is where unions earn their pay. This is what they're supposed to be doing - not BS like "social engineering" in S. America or some damn thing.
I support what they're doing here and I hope they're successful in challenging HD Mining and the Feds 'cuz there's a prescendent that needs establishing before it gets too far out of hand. I'm all for encouraging investment etc., but not at the risk of losing our right to bargain for fair wages, working conditions and soverignty. I don't trust the Chinese period - don't care what the gov't says.
JMO
I support what they're doing here and I hope they're successful in challenging HD Mining and the Feds 'cuz there's a prescendent that needs establishing before it gets too far out of hand. I'm all for encouraging investment etc., but not at the risk of losing our right to bargain for fair wages, working conditions and soverignty. I don't trust the Chinese period - don't care what the gov't says.
JMO
Far as I know when Canadians operate in other countries they are held to the laws in that country.
First I think, don't create a problem until one arises and second I think if we hire a few of theirs and they hire a few of ours and everyone on each side is happy, why f**K with it?
No....Here we have people who have applied and were turned down for work who are unemployed. Is it our position to pay our political people good money to create jobs for other countries and leave our own unemployed?
Underground mining is dangerous no doubt and there is methane there, it can be done safely but at a cost. Long wall mining is no safer than depillar.
Let's open the doors for them to do so and do you think that will be the end of it ?
Sticking ones head in the sand has not and will never change anything and this is a very dangerous precedent to be setting as was said earlier. I am sure that many companies would love to see cheap labour here to replace us in all fields and the CEO's would have an increase to there bonuses not to mention the racial tension this creates. No to the miners and no to the idea that our well payed politicians can even allow this to happen in the first place.
So when you or a friend or neighbor get laid off , remember this as rather than outsourcing we are now being replaced in our own country.
There are many ramifications. How many miners are needed? How many unemployed qualified people do we have available? You just can't take a person who was laid off from sweeping floors at Wendy's and stick him down a mine. How many unemployed are physically fit enough to handle mining? But yes, I fully agree that anyone on welfare who is experienced and capable should be hired before importing anyone.
Maybe Canadians need to have a revolution........
University of California prof calls Canadian politicians 'naïve' in dealing with Chinese companies
"The whole idea is to keep their people employed so they don't have a revolution," said Navarro, who co-authored the book Death by China.
He said the Communist party, fearing any economic slowdown that could result in jobs losses and threaten revolution, intends to keep as many Chinese people employed as possible -- even if it means exporting them.
But he said usually the countries that allow Chinese firms to import their own labour or other questionable business practices are underdeveloped dictatorships, adding it's "bizarre" Canada has allowed it.
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The Tyee – Chinese Firms Bringing Own Workers a Global Pattern: Expert
University of California prof calls Canadian politicians 'naïve' in dealing with Chinese companies
"The whole idea is to keep their people employed so they don't have a revolution," said Navarro, who co-authored the book Death by China.
He said the Communist party, fearing any economic slowdown that could result in jobs losses and threaten revolution, intends to keep as many Chinese people employed as possible -- even if it means exporting them.
But he said usually the countries that allow Chinese firms to import their own labour or other questionable business practices are underdeveloped dictatorships, adding it's "bizarre" Canada has allowed it.
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The Tyee – Chinese Firms Bringing Own Workers a Global Pattern: Expert