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[Adventurer]

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney wants to get tough on language.

During a press conference, Thursday, Kenney chided the provinces for their lax language requirements with regards to the Provincial Nominee Program, an immigration scheme which allows provinces to choose immigrants based on local labour needs.

"I guess what we're saying to (the provinces) is it doesn't make a lot of sense to invite someone to Canada who doesn't speak any English," Kenney said according to the Canadian Press.

"It's a partnership, not an Ottawa-knows-best situation, but at the end of the day we are going to be quite assertive in saying that we do think it's best to have a standard, national language benchmark."

Immigration lawyer Narendar Kang says that in British Columbia, at least, the PNP works just fine without the language requirements as the Federal Government would like to now impose.

"Employers in B.C. have an established track record of recruiting employees with specialized skills without English fluency. For example, an Italian granite worker renowned for his meticulous workmanship would no longer qualify given a lack of fluency in English or French," Kang told Yahoo! Canada News.


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/immigrants-canada-speak-english-french-214623940.html

[12ax7]

My position on this is that as long as the employer is able to communicate with the employee, it shouldn't be an issue.

[recessiontime]

A bit late to start closing the borders. Australia has already lead the way in closing their BEFORE the nation became overcrowded with 3rd world immigrants saturating the job market.

[ttompatz]

I think we need to differentiate between hiring a skilled worker on a work visa (who may be here for years) and immigrants.

A worker on a work visa is hired to do the job. If they lose the job or quit they go home. The employer is responsible for the employee (as the sponsor). hmm... sounds a lot like non-Korean speaking teachers in Korea.

An immigrant on the other hand is NOT bound to the employer and if they lose their job may struggle significantly to find other employment in the country, may not be able to communicate and have no protection other than welfare (or crime) when they are unable to fend for themselves.

If they are allowed in as a provincial nominee and then choose to change provinces who should be responsible for them? Should they just be abandoned to the streets or should the CIC be expected to maintain a (set) minimum standard of communicative ability before allowing immigration (sounds like getting an F2 on points doesn't it)?

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