Canada seeks thousands of Irish immigrants urgently

Huge labor shortages lead to SOS call to Ireland

DARA KELLY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, November 20, 2011, 7:39 AM

Updated Sunday, November 20, 2011, 9:41 AM

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RedlanLlib | Nov 21, 2011, 10:03 AM EST

NYCsheridan: Just go back to driving your car with fuel from Middle East oil...I am sure their environmental policies and human right policies help protect their people and the environment...Hypocrites...

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deirdrekeohane | Nov 21, 2011, 09:58 AM EST

Do your homework for sure, these are pretty tough jobs advertised, my poor old dad ended up in Uranium city!(says it all),where I was born. Dad died of cancer at 74..hmmmm?

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merefalow | Nov 21, 2011, 09:08 AM EST

yes then what happens when the economies go wrong and there is no work, and you have millions of immigrants taking the jobs of the indigenous population,like in the uk.. brilliant..

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michaelidaho | Nov 20, 2011, 09:57 PM EST

A major city in the Atlantic provinces or British Columbia might work out for a little while. I can not imagine any young Irish adapting to either Saskatchewan or Alberta. Not much going on and you will be freezing your arses off for at least seven months of the year (November through May).

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GeorgeDillon | Nov 20, 2011, 01:35 PM EST

All this at the same time as Ireland is urgently seeking thosuands of Pakistani and Indian immigrants!

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LoyalCitizen | Nov 20, 2011, 11:48 AM EST

With the amount of unemployed Americans these jobs really do not exist.

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Springfield9 | Nov 20, 2011, 10:11 AM EST

It looks like what the IRB couldn't do in 1867 is happening now. A bit late but still good.

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donal1951 | Nov 20, 2011, 09:56 AM EST

My advice is simply make sure where the job is, how far it is from the nearest city and how cold it gets. Otherwise, Canada is a great country in which to live and raise a family, and remember in Quebec and a part of the Maritimes, French is the No. 1 language.

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NYCsheridan | Nov 20, 2011, 09:32 AM EST

Ya, go on up to Canada, lads, work in the filthy tar sands pits and help destroy the planet.

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Towngate | Nov 20, 2011, 08:59 AM EST

Great news for Ireland from Canada,of course. ~ Perhaps Canada should lead the way in allowing this immigration on condition that the Irish Government allows its Citizens to retain their Domestic Voting Rights until such time as they become Naturalised Canadians..

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