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#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Previewing the Final BC Liberal Leadership Debate
Our Jordan Bateman and TheOrca.ca's Maclean Kay ponder what each candidate has to do in Tuesday night's final BC Liberal leadership debate.
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TRAINING TUESDAY: Hiring Skilled Foreign Workers (FREE!)
Jordan Bateman : Updated on December 3, 2025
Kerry and Jordan talk about ICBA's upcoming, free town hall.
ICBA Townhall: Hiring Skilled Foreign Workers - The Processes, Pathways, and Procedures
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | 9AM to noon
Missed this one? Check out icba.ca/courses
The construction sector expects to see hundreds of thousands of new jobs open up in the next 10 years, but factors such as an aging workforce, ongoing effects of COVID and a lack of student awareness of opportunities in the trades mean that the industry may be short as many as 81,000 workers by 2030 (BuildForce Canada).
Studies have shown that immigration is one of the key answers to this shortage, but for many employers, the process for recruiting and employing a foreign worker seems complex and overwhelming.
Join ICBA for this 3-hour session with representatives from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program and Canada Border Services Agency to learn about a range of immigration pathways through which both temporary foreign workers and permanent residents can gain entry to Canada.
This session will cover:
What immigration pathways are available
What is involved
On the employee side
On the employer side
Application processes and timeframes
Arrival processes
At the border
What to do/not to do
In addition to informative presentations from our speakers, attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions prior to the session, and to ask questions in a live Q&A period.
ICBA Townhall: Hiring Skilled Foreign Workers - The Processes, Pathways, and Procedures
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | 9AM to noon
Missed this one? Check out icba.ca/courses
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#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Falcon Takes Over
Jordan Bateman : Feb 8, 2022 10:10:18 AM
Our Jordan Bateman and TheOrca.ca's Maclean Kay recap the first few days of the Kevin Falcon era, wonder what the NDP have up their sleeve for this...
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?? Construction Sector Raising Funds for Ukraine
Jordan Bateman : Mar 10, 2022 12:12:33 PM
The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) is spearheading a fundraising effort in B.C.’s construction industry to help the people...