ing for workers.

As for there being no evidence
of efforts to recruit qualified Ca-
nadians, ‘‘Is a written declaration
from an association speaking for

WITH THE Third World pouring into this country at a re-
cord rate, one would think it would be a bit easier to
Squeeze a few more white foik past the immigration bar-
riers. Not so. ¥n 1988, for instance, over three times as

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many people arrived in B.C. from Hong Kong alone as did

from the U.K.

Nationally, the figures are even
more depressing. But the subject
for today deals with the particular
‘rather than the general, namely the
difficulties experienced by the
Roofing Contractors Association
of B.C. in getting a highly quali-
fied German tradesman in for just
one year. It is yet another instance
of Wimpland gone mad.

The RCABC is screaming for
roofers. Mr. Klaus Thiel, general
manager of the association, says
contractors in this province would
hire another 400 of them if it
could, and the roofers’ union
would have no objection. The
union also had no objection to ac-
cepting the chap from Germany,
whose qualifications were top-rate.

If the spulicant had been wear-
ing a ture:a, all would probably
have been well. He would have
come in under the family
reunification rules, as a refugee, or
God knows what else. We would
probably have put him upina
hotel, too. But the contractors
tried to get him in through the
front door, so their efforts came to
nothing.

Employers and applicant went
through ail the proper channels.
Letter after letter was written,,
Roadblock after roadblock was
encountered. One such obstacle
was an epistle from the Foreign
Worker Recruitment Unit of the
Canada Employment Centre,
outlining six reasons why the
RCABC’s request could not be
met.

The reasons went this way:
**You have not provided evidence

of your efforts to recruit a quali-
fied Canadian or permanent resi-
dent ... The skills and experience
required for this position are not
sufficient to warrant the recruit-
ment of a foreign worker ... You
have not provided evidence on the
training you propose to provide
for Canadians ... Foreign certifica-
tion is not considered bona fide for
this position as it has the effect of
eliminating qualified Canadians.”
And so on.

Ir the applicant had
been wearing a turban,
all would probably
have been well. He
would have come in
under the family
reunification rules, as a
refugee, or God knows
what else.’’

This stuff fit a fire in Mr. Thiel’s
honest breast. Here are some of
the comments he addressed to of-
ficialdom:

“Your cequest for evidence of
our efforts (to recruit in Canada)
ignores our statement that ... nei-
ther Canada Employment Centre
office nor union hiring halls have
any men; newspaper ads receive no
responses. We finally have full
employment ... and jobs go begg-

130 employers with probably 5,000
employees and performing over
$100 million worth of contracts
not sufficient evidence?”’

With regard to training, Mr.
Thiel pointed out that his group
was one of 60 B.C. trades offering
apprenticeship programs. ‘‘So we
did not expect you to require the
submission of materials readily
available in public records.””

Officialdom’s statement that
“the skills ... required for this
position are not sufficient to war-
rant the recruitment of a foreign
worker,’’ said Mr. Thiel, showed
‘ta lack of knowledge and percep-
tion of our industry that are
abominable. But do not worry ...
we have counselled the candidate
to return to his homeland and
simply walk ashore in future..."’
(like the Sikhs and Tamils).

Why was the roofers’ union
prepared to issue a temporary
membership if there was a single
sou! waiting in the hiring hall, ask-
ed Mr. Thiel?

“If you perceive that our
members are upset,’” he conclud-
ed, ‘‘you are mistaken. We are ab-
solutety tivid.””

In January, the RCABC man
protested to Immigration and
Employment Minister Barbara
McDougall. He got the standard
brush-off. She would look into it,
Perhaps. Maybe. Nothing has been
done.

There are thousands of these
stories. To get anywhere, one has
to have the backing of some ethnic
group. Or better still, support
from someone like Aziz Khaki.

Anyone for the Falklands? @

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