Good Article, Farmers are concerned!

[dmlfarmer]

Excepts from a CP news story today by Dene Moore
VANCOUVER - A mining company that has hired hundreds of temporary workers from China for its northern B.C. coal mine advertised those jobs in Canada for $10 to $17 less than what is paid for similar work at a nearby mine, a lawyer representing two unions told a federal court judge on Friday.
HD Mining also advertised specifically for workers who speak Mandarin, Charles Gordon said in arguing for the unions' interest in taking the decision to grant those permits to court.
Permits have been granted under the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program to between 200 and 300 Chinese workers to conduct preliminary work at HD Mining International Ltd.'s Murray River mine near Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The company has said it was not able to find workers in Canada with the necessary specialized skills.
HD Mining Ltd. is a partnership between China-based Huiyong Holding Group, which owns a 55 per cent stake, and Canadian Dehua International Mines Group Inc.

Anyone working the oilpatch should take note. If Nexen takeover and the Canada China Free Trade Pact is approved by the Cons, you better be prepared to learn Mandarin to apply for a job and also know that wages will likely drop if the Cons allow Chinese laborers to come over on low wage temporary work permits when the companies cannot find enough Canadian workers who know Mandarin.

You think selling our farm land to Chinese is bad, it is nothing compared to the agreement that Harper signed with China while in Russia which gives the Chinese government more rights than ordinary Canadians have.

[SASKFARMER3]

Didn't I say months back they will send their own
to work here and pay next to nothing. We as a
country are getting f$&ed!

[wmoebis]

Chinada!

Harper said we will never recognize "Canada" when he is done with it.

[charliep]

To the original article/posting, just wondering where it came from and who the author is? Would help put context to what was said.

For what it is worth, Canada is about a nation of about 35 million ish with about a third living in western Canada for nice round numbers. We export about half the crops we produce with the number increasing substantially when you included processed product (particularly canola oil and meal). Western Canada is very reliant on the US with the fiscal cliff/other issues on the horizon. Growth markets are in South East Asia with China and India making a third of the 7 plus billion people. Their incomes are improving and in some regions, so is population.

Bad mouth if you like but they are the ones that pay your bills/are driving your land prices higher. Strangely in Alberta, I don't hear much about foreign land purchases but I sure hear a lot about neighbors pushing the envelope in prices to compete for scarce land (purchase and rent). I guess if you a small fish (land owner), you worry about the big fish. If you a big fish, then you worry about whales/sharks. If you are contemplating retirement and looking forward to selling/renting at a high values, you are doing nothing but celebrating your windfall.

[batman]

maybe the conservatives should invite mitt romney up and take over harpers job because he was going to show china where the bear shits