Canadian construction worker jobs likely to grow
by Harleen Kaur - May 11, 2010
Canada, 11th May: Canada is expected to witness a rise in the number of Canadian construction worker jobs in the next seven years.
This has been stated by the head of the Canadian Construction Association, Wayne Morsky. He said that nearly 300,000 new jobs will arise in Canada.
Hence, to fill the growing number of vacancies due to increasing jobs and to replace retiring workers in Canada construction industry, Canada will have to resort to recruitment of young aboriginals. Moreover, the nation will have to look for Canadian immigration of skilled labor to fill the vacant jobs in Canada.
In the month of April, new construction jobs in Canada’s Ottawa-Gatineau regions have helped bring down the unemployment rate to nearly 6 percent with nearly 3,300 people finding new work.
Moreover, the Canadian government has recently announced some major construction contracts in Gatineau, Quebec including two new office towers in the region of Gatineau which will result in providing employment to nearly 4,000 federal workers.
Making announcement about these construction projects in Canada, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Honorable Rona Ambrose and Minister of Natural Resources, Christian Paradis, said that these projects will help giving a boost to Canada’s economy and help in creation of nearly 1000 new jobs in Canada’s construction sector.
There is no denying the fact that Ottawa-Gatineau region is in the midst of a construction boom. Out of the federal stimulus of $401 million, about two-third has already been allotted for 91 out of the total 115 projects tendered so far. This was revealed by the director of infrastructure services for City of Ottawa, Wayne Newell on 6th May, 2010.
The summer of the year 2010 is expected to be the busiest ever for construction works in the city and the city needs enough overseas skilled workers for construction jobs in Ottawa through Canadian immigration since it’s difficult to get the required labor force from within the country.
Even in Saskatchewan, construction projects need nearly 6,200 additional workers to fill vacant jobs in Canadian region, stated Mr. Morsky during the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association’s meeting.
Immigration to Canada is needed to fill the shortage of labor in the construction related jobs in Canada.
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