Sentences with phrase «foreign labour on»

«The premier said this week that she has completed a project development agreement with Petronas, a proponent that had already told her government that it intends to use up to 70 per cent foreign labour on construction,» Ralston said.

Not exact matches

«These changes will reflect the relative value Canadian employers place on foreign work experience, and redirect points to language and age factors, which are better indicators of success in the Canadian labour market.»

To bring in a foreign national on a work permit, an employer must typically obtain a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), which was introduced in 2014.

I have in front of me the report on labour market opinions issued for temporary foreign workers in the Windsor area, and the overwhelming majority of these LMOs were issued for industrial instrument technicians and mechanics for less than six months.

Schultz has found the most effective method of importing labour is to bring foreign workers in on temporary work permits and then use the provincial nominee program to convert them to permanent residents.

When the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance dutifully looked into youth unemployment last summer, it heard familiar tales of outrage and woe from university student groups and organized labour fretting about student debt, precarious work and temporary foreign workers.

Evolution AI ranked some of the most abused politicians on Twitter and found that energy minister Claire Perry, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn all ranked highly — though none received as much abuse as Naz Shah.

B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair called on the RCMP on Monday, Dec. 9 to launch an investigation into Tim Hortons in light of serious allegations of theft and fraud committed against employees who are Temporary Foreign Workers.

Wake up America why we are letting Peter King and people like him to waste time and money on non issues they should be working to solve the real problems facing this country JOBS LOSSES, OUT SOURCEING, BUDGET DEFICIET, BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, UN JUST FOREIGN POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, LABOUR UNION PROBLEMS, JOB SECURITY for those who have any jobs left, bringing our troops home from UNJUST and ILLEGAL WARS, KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, OIL COMPANIES making billions of unjust Profit and paying millions to their CEO's, INFRA STRUCTURES ROADS and BRIDGES and so many other Real issues that they have been elected to solve.

A senior Christian Labour politician is calling on the Foreign Secretary to take more action to stop persecution around the world.

The MEP cited foreign secretary Margaret Beckett's U-turn on allowing public scrutiny of the council of ministers, something Tony Blair had previously backed, and Labour's failure to support an end to the EU parliament's expensive monthly moves to Strasbourg.

Roger Liddle is a Labour Whip and a frontbench spokesperson on Europe and Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords.

Here's the line put out by Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander on the referendum debate.

He attempts to get a US congressman to table a «favourable» motion (about independence) to «snooker» the Foreign Office, tries but fails to persuade the former (Labour) first minister Henry McLeish to back independence (he «is clearly torn between loyalty to party and country»), and tries but fails to win the Scottish Sun's backing (on September 7th Murdoch is still prevaricating; by September 16th he has opted for «benign neutrality»).

During the Labour leadership campaign, he described himself as a socialist, and spoke out against some of the actions of the Blair ministry, including criticising its record on civil liberties and foreign policy.

I have written extensively on the foreign policy objectives of both the Conservative and Labour Parties.

Keeley is a member of the Labour Friends of Israel, [3] she visited Israel in September 2007 on a trip funded by the Labour Friends of Israel and the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Labour's shadow cabinet agreed on Monday that MPs would be given a free vote, despite Corbyn's public opposition to strikes, to avert a threatened rebellion by pro-bombing members such as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

Mike Gapes, the Labour MP for Ilford South, referred directly to Mr Corbyn when he said: «Can I remind her and the right honourable member for Islington North that it was a Labour government, with Robin Cook as Foreign Secretary, which carried out air strikes in Iraq under Operation Desert Fox in 1998 without a UN resolution, it was a Labour government that restored President Kabbah in Sierra Leone without a UN resolution, that it was a Labour government that stopped the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo without a UN resolution, and that there is a long - standing and noble tradition on these benches supporting humanitarian intervention.»

With Labour apparently gaining momentum, Miliband's team prepared to unveil one of its big pre-election announcements, its pledge to scrap the loophole that allowed «non-domiciled» residents of the UK to pay no tax on foreign income.

Recently elected on a ticket of withdrawing from foreign wars, the Labour leader had a clear mandate to whip his MPs against launching yet another one.

Meanwhile, a number of Corbyn supporters on Twitter also insisted that Labour's low standing under the current leader is a result of what they call the «chicken coup» — a reference to the flurry of resignations that was triggered by Hilary Benn standing down as shadow foreign secretary on 26 June.

The documents apparently show that labour foreign secretary David Owen signed off on the loans despite being aware of the Falklands issue and potential misuse by the right - wing military junta running the country at the time.

A Labour administration would focus on three things to help ease pressure on public services and wages including better enforcement of the minimum wage, cracking down on recruitment agencies who only supplied workers from particular countries and looking at areas and types of jobs where there were large numbers of foreign workers.

Howitt, who is Labour's foreign affairs spokesman in Europe, also called on the British government to stop selling weapons to Riyadh.

A few weeks ago the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, delivered what was billed as a groundbreaking speech on Labour's attitude to the EU.

He identified a «Reassurance Labour tendency» which sought to rely on the big state - an approach which the former foreign secretary insisted was «too one - dimensional».

Former foreign secretary rules himself out of Labour leadership race as he says voters delivered clear verdict on failure to embrace «aspiration and inclusion»

Attempt to curb ability of foreign criminals to resist deportation defeated, as government is forced to rely on Labour support

David Miliband finally issues a statement in support of Brown: «I am working closely with the Prime Minister on foreign policy issues and support the re-election campaign for a Labour Government that he is leading.»

«I am working closely with the Prime Minister on foreign policy issues and support the re-election campaign for a Labour Government that he is leading.»

It is perhaps for this reason that Mr. Miliband has chosen to remain largely silent on what Labour's foreign policy priorities would be in 2015.

Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander, has written for the Guardian today, on Labour's new policy of «mature patriotism» towards Europe.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander's attack on the «ill - judged and unwise» proposal from the European Commission's proposal to increase its annual budget by 4.9 %, which Oborne points out was exactly the «kind of profligacy» cheerfully sanctioned by Labour during its 13 years in power.

However, the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, is adamant Labour could not afford to spend the first two years of government wrestling with a referendum on Europe, pointing to the energy it had expended on the near - disastrous no campaign for the Scotland independence vote.

The Labour leader was flanked by deputy leader Tom Watson and newly - appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry as he responded to David Cameron's statement on the outcome of the EU referendum.

«I am working closely with the prime minister on foreign policy issues and support the re-election campaign for a Labour government that he is leading,» he said.

But a number of Labour and SNP MPs have now called on the parliamentary authorities to «urgently investigate» the matter, with former Foreign office minister Chris Bryant calling it a «clear conflict of interest»; Caroline Lucas labelling the findings «deeply concerning» and the SNP's Deirdre Brock asking, «What kind of shameless opportunist would be supporting their colleagues in public while betraying them in private?»

Mandelson told David Miliband on Remembrance Day last year that Labour could not win with Brown if nothing changed, as the then foreign secretary raised fears of a major defeat.

Martin O'Neill, Charles Clarke, Zoe Williams, Philip Collins, Sonia Sodha and Ann Pettifor talk tax; John McTernan on why foreign policy is missing in action; Fergus Green says Labour can create a green golden age and Yvette Cooper talks to Mary Riddell.

Former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband has made one of the most thunderous attacks on Brexit yet by a senior political figure.

«Nick Clegg now agrees with Labour's argument on every front,» said shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

Clearly there will be a few more hares set running yet, but Falconer insists that on the issues that matter to voters, Labour is increasingly as one: «It's part of the current politics that there are evident divisions within Labour on foreign policy, on defence policy, whereas the issues that may determine an election are the domestic issues.

As we saw yesterday — on foreign policy, on defence policy, on economic policy, on the Labour party's relationship with business — their ideals are in diametric opposition.

Gordon Brown is facing more pressure from high - profile members of the Labour party to hold a referendum on the EU treaty, despite the foreign secretary insisting the party is not split on Europe.

As the foreign secretary sat down, he was applauded in the Chamber and on social media by both Labour and Tory MPs.

2.30 pm Oral Questions Ensuring effective implementation of the stalking offences under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 - Lord Kennedy of Southwark Reducing the geographic disparity in Gross Value Added per head within the UK - Lord Wigley British Academy's report «Languages: the State of the Nation» concluding that the UK will be unable to meet its aspirations for growth and global influence unless action is taken to remedy the deficit in foreign language skills - Baroness Coussins Office of Fair Trading's report on payday loans - Lord Mitchell Legislation Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Report stage (Day 2)- Baroness Hanham Orders and Regulations Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (Amendment) Order 2013 and Motion to Regret - Viscount Younger of Leckie / Lord Young of Norwood Green

The shadow foreign secretary, tipped for many years to be Labour's next leader but beaten by his younger brother by a margin of just 1.3 % on Saturday, sought to demonstrate his mood with two jokes.

For every anecdote about lifelong trade unionist abandoning Labour because of Corbyn's stance on foreign policy issues, there's someone like my own aunt, who is affected by the Bedroom Tax and thinks he's God's gift to politics.

Despite opposition from its left wing the Labour party supported British nuclear weapons but opposed tests, and Labour Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell and shadow foreign secretary Aneurin Bevan agreed with Sandys on the importance of reducing dependence on the American deterrent.