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{
"time": "2016-05-10 16:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Michael Burt",
"fr": "M. Michael Burt"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4365898\" data-originallang=\"en\">Most of the businesses I've spoken to about temporary foreign workers would be happy to find ways to transition them to permanent status. They are happy with these people; they want them there. The problem often is that the programs that are in place to move those people from temporary to permanent status are not well adapted to their needs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4365899\" data-originallang=\"en\">A lot of our permanent immigration programs are aimed at people with university degrees, high-skilled workers, and many of the temporary foreign workers we're bringing in are not necessarily in that category. If they could transition them into permanent status, I think many employers would.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4365898\" data-originallang=\"en\">La plupart des entreprises avec lesquelles j'ai parl\u00e9 des travailleurs \u00e9trangers temporaires seraient heureuses de trouver des moyens de les faire passer \u00e0 un statut permanent. Elles sont contentes de les avoir et veulent les voir rester. Le probl\u00e8me est que, souvent, les programmes mis en place pour assurer le passage de ces personnes d'un statut temporaire \u00e0 un statut permanent ne sont pas bien adapt\u00e9s \u00e0 leurs besoins.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4365899\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un grand nombre de nos programmes d'immigration permanente visent les titulaires de dipl\u00f4mes universitaires, les travailleurs hautement qualifi\u00e9s, et la plupart des travailleurs \u00e9trangers temporaires que nous faisons venir ne sont pas n\u00e9cessairement dans cette cat\u00e9gorie. S'ils pouvaient leur faire obtenir un statut permanent, de nombreux employeurs le feraient, je pense.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/industry/42-1/13/michael-burt-14/",
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"source_id": "8913271",
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