Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: Ron Hambley

Workers Dept: The new stream for workers in fields such as construction and manufacturing should be set up later this year, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Tuesday in Calgary, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "We're very interested in any changes to immigration policy that would allow our members to recruit skilled tradespeople from offshore," Hambley said. "In fact, a group of my counterparts in the West were just in Ireland and had an overwhelming reception from both the Irish government as well as hundreds of unemployed tradespeople." CALGARY -- Ottawa has announced a new immigration program that it says will make it easier for Canadian business to hire the workers most urgently needed -- skilled tradespeople. It's music to the ears of Ron Hambley, executive vice-president of the Winnipeg Construction Association. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.