Time to Take the Chinese Threat Seriously

Written by Paul Fromm

Wednesday, 19 December 2012 06:18

*Time to Take the Chinese Threat Seriously* For nearly half a century, dreamy Westerners have seen Red China as a potential pot of cold. Trade, however, with China has often been very difficult. The Chinese are stingy about opening their markets to our goods -- except raw materials. They dump cheap junk on North American markets and, due to "free trade" and lack of protective tariffs drive Canadian and U.S. manufacturers out of business and cause the transfer of North American jobs to China. Now, they come as major investors. They want a key foothold in many of our strategic industries. As far back as 1997, a joint Canadian Security Service (CSIS) RCMP report, called The Sidewinder Report,(which a terrified Liberal government sought to repress) warned about Chinese infiltration of key Canadian industries. China has a sense of destiny as "The Middle Kingdom" -- a somewhat ethnocentric "we are the centre of the world" -- and would like to reestablish Asian hegemony and perhaps even world hegemony. There are large Chinese populations in many Western target counties, including Canada, the U.S. and Australia. Many of these people maintain a staunch ethnic solidarity. The Asian Pacific Foundation of Canada report shows a huge trade deficit in our trade with China -- a deficit of $31.756-billion of 2011 and a deficit of $23.6-billion for the first nine months of 2012. January - December January - September 2010 201120112012Exports 12,879,147,000 16,392,362,70511,346,901,91413,471,730,815Imports 44,522,918,962 48,149,298,04634,816,337,51137,082,730,422*Trade Balance** -31,643,771,962* -*31,756,935,341*-23,469,435,597*-23,610,999,607* Pay attention, people, and remember Harper is "dealing" with these guys now and risks giving them the Canadian farm. It's time to take the Red Chinese threat very seriously indeed. *Paul Fromm* *Director* *CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE* * * * * * * ******** ------------------------------ ****China**** has 19% of the world’s population, but consumes ...**** 53% of the world's cement**** 48% of the world's iron ore**** 47% of the world's coal**** .... and the majority of just about every other major commodity.**** In 2010, **China** produced 11 times more steel than the ****United States** **.**** **** New World Record: ****China**** made and sold 18 million vehicles in 2010.** ** **** There are more pigs in ****China**** than in the next 43 pork producing nations combined.**** **** **** **** ****China**** currently has the world’s fastest train and the world’s largest high-speed rail network. **** ****China**** is currently the number one producer in the world of wind and solar power, but don’t use it themselves. While they manufacture 80% of the world’s solar panels, they install less than 5% and build a new coal fired power station every week. In one year they turn on more new coal powered electricity than ****Australia****'s total output.**** **** **** **** ****China**** currently controls more than 90% of the total global supply of rare earth elements.**** **** In the past 15 years, ****China**** has moved from 14th place to 2nd place in the world in published scientific research articles.**** **** ****China**** now possesses the fastest supercomputer on the entire globe.** ** **** At the end of March 2011, ****China**** accumulated US$3.04 trillion in foreign currency reserves,**** the largest stockpile on the entire globe.**** **** Chinese people consume 50,000 cigarettes every second.**** **** They are already the largest carbon dioxide emitter and their output will rise 70% by 2020.**** **** ~*~*~*~*~*~**** And we think we're saving the planet?!**** It will not make one iota of difference what we do in Australia, Canada, the United States or anywhere else in the world; for that matter, all the politicians are doing is increasing our cost of living and making our manufacturers uncompetitive in the world market, with their idiotic carbon tax, when countries like China are growing and consuming at these extraordinary rates! .

 

Chinese miners allowed to come to B.C., and keep Canadians jobless, judge rules

Written by Paul Fromm

Tuesday, 18 December 2012 07:00

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp307.net/zdrIdl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHINESE MINERS ALLOWED TO COME TO B.C., AND KEEP CANADIANS JOBLESS, JUDGE RULES Canadian workers are screwed once again and the heartless importation of cheap temporary foreign, in this case, Chinese workers in place of unemployed Canadian miners can continue, according to a ruling by Federal Court Judge James Russell. CBC News (December 14, 2012) reports: "A federal judge will not grant an injunction to stop Chinese workers from coming to Canada to work at a new coal mine in northern B.C., because the company and workers followed all the necessary rules.The ruling means more than 200 Chinese mine workers who were hired to do specialized work at the underground mine in Tumbler Ridge will be able to come to Canada on temporary work permits. ABOUT A DOZEN OF THOSE WORKERS HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED IN TUMBLER RIDGE AND ARE STUDYING ENGLISH AT THE LOCAL COLLEGE. THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND SPECIALIZED WORKERS' UNION WERE SEEKING AN INJUNCTION TO STOP THE REST OF THE WORKERS FROM ARRIVING, WHILE THEY FIGHT FOR A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ALL THE TEMPORARY WORK PERMITS. THE UNIONS WANT THE FEDERAL COURT TO OVERTURN OTTAWA'S DECISION ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/11/05/BC-CHINESE-MINE-TUMBLER-RIDGE.HTML ) TO ALLOW HD MINING INTERNATIONAL TO BRING THE WORKERS IN FROM CHINA. LAST MONTH HUMAN RESOURCES MINISTER DIANE FINLEY ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/11/08/BC-TEMPORARY-WORKERS-REVIEW.HTML ) SAID THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT ISN'T SATISFIED HD MINING FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES WHEN IT SOUGHT FOREIGN WORKER PERMITS FOR ITS PROPOSED MINE NEAR TUMBLER RIDGE. JUDGE JAMES RUSSELL SAID THAT HD MINING PROPERLY FOLLOWED THE RULES WHEN APPLYING FOR ITS FOREIGN WORKER PERMITS. 'WE HAVE 60 WORKERS WHO ARE ALL BUT ON THEIR WAY AND WHO HAVE ACQUIRED ALL THAT OUR SYSTEM SAYS THEY NEED TO COME TO CANADA,' HE WROTE IN HIS RULING." FOLLOWING THE RULES? REALLY? "LABOUR UNIONS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS THAT JOB ADS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA’S JOB BANK LAST YEAR LISTED SPEAKING MANDARIN AS AN ASSET. ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/10/23/BC-MINE-CHINESE-WORKERS.HTML )|" ENGLISH, CERTAINLY, FRENCH,PERHAPS, AS A LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT, BUT MANDARIN TO MINE COAL IN CANADA? OUTRAGEOUS. THESE REQUIREMENTS WERE CLEARLY A RUSE TO AVOID HIRING UNEMPLOYED CANADIANS, MINERS AND OTHERWISE TRAINABLE ABLE BODIED WORKERS, AND THUS JUSTIFY A REQUEST TO IMPORT TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS. FURTHER, "THE B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR SAYS DOCUMENTS SHOW IT WILL BE 14 YEARS BEFORE CANADIANS REPLACE ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/12/BC-CHINESE-MINERS-DOCUMENTS.HTML ) ALL THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS." HD MINING IS A MAJORITY CONTROLLED CHINESE COMPANY. ITS EAGERNESS TO IMPORT CHINESE FOREIGN WORKERS AND KEEP CANADIANS UNEMPLOYED SHOULD BE A HAMMER ON THE HEAD WARNING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST ALLOWING THE CHINESE TO BUY INTO THE CANADIAN ECONOMY. ONE WONDERS WHETHER MR. JUSTICE RUSSELL WOULD BE QUITE SO BLASE IF CANADA WERE IMPORTING TEMPORARY CHINESE JUDGES FOR SEATS ON THE VERY CUSHY AND WELL PAID FEDERAL BENCH? LUCKILY, THE UNION CHALLENGE TO THE CRUEL IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN MINERS WHEN SO MANY CANADIANS -- OFFICIALLY 7.3% OF THE WORK FORCE -- ARE UNEMPLOYED CONTINUES IN ANOTHER VENUE. THE CBC REPORTS: "IN THE MEANTIME, A JUDICIAL REVIEW IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE UNIONS WON A VICTORY IN COURT ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/10/BC-TUMBLER-RIDGE-MINERS.HTML ) LAST WEEK FORCING THE COMPANY TO HAND OVER ALL THE PAPERWORK FROM THEIR RECRUITING CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING ADS THE COMPANY RAN TRYING TO RECRUIT CANADIANS. ... THE JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS." PAUL FROMM DIRECTOR CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE L ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/10/CHINESE-MINER-INVESTIGATION.HTML ) ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/10/CHINESE-MINER-INVESTIGATION.HTML ) FEDERAL JUDGE RULES MINING COMPANY AND WORKERS FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES CBC News ( http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html ) Posted: Dec 14, 2012 1 B.C.'S COAL EXPORT INDUSTRY HAS BEEN FUELLED BY DEMAND FROM CHINA. (TECK RESOURCES/CANADIAN PRESS) FACEBOOK 9 TWITTER 2 SHARE 11 EMAIL RELATED ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/10/CHINESE-MINER-INVESTIGATION.HTML ) A FEDERAL JUDGE WILL NOT GRANT AN INJUNCTION TO STOP CHINESE WORKERS FROM COMING TO CANADA TO WORK AT A NEW COAL MINE IN NORTHERN B.C., BECAUSE THE COMPANY AND WORKERS FOLLOWED ALL THE NECESSARY RULES. THE RULING MEANS MORE THAN 200 CHINESE MINE WORKERS WHO WERE HIRED TO DO SPECIALIZED WORK AT THE UNDERGROUND MINE IN TUMBLER RIDGE WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO CANADA ON TEMPORARY WORK PERMITS. ABOUT A DOZEN OF THOSE WORKERS HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED IN TUMBLER RIDGE AND ARE STUDYING ENGLISH AT THE LOCAL COLLEGE. THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND SPECIALIZED WORKERS' UNION WERE SEEKING AN INJUNCTION TO STOP THE REST OF THE WORKERS FROM ARRIVING, WHILE THEY FIGHT FOR A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ALL THE TEMPORARY WORK PERMITS. THE UNIONS WANT THE FEDERAL COURT TO OVERTURN OTTAWA'S DECISION ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/11/05/BC-CHINESE-MINE-TUMBLER-RIDGE.HTML ) TO ALLOW HD MINING INTERNATIONAL TO BRING THE WORKERS IN FROM CHINA. LAST MONTH HUMAN RESOURCES MINISTER DIANE FINLEY ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/11/08/BC-TEMPORARY-WORKERS-REVIEW.HTML ) SAID THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT ISN'T SATISFIED HD MINING FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES WHEN IT SOUGHT FOREIGN WORKER PERMITS FOR ITS PROPOSED MINE NEAR TUMBLER RIDGE. JUDGE JAMES RUSSELL SAID THAT HD MINING PROPERLY FOLLOWED THE RULES WHEN APPLYING FOR ITS FOREIGN WORKER PERMITS. "WE HAVE 60 WORKERS WHO ARE ALL BUT ON THEIR WAY AND WHO HAVE ACQUIRED ALL THAT OUR SYSTEM SAYS THEY NEED TO COME TO CANADA," HE WROTE IN HIS RULING. "THE PUBLIC ALSO HAS AN INTEREST IN ENSURING THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO COME TO CANADA ARE NOT LEFT IN A LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIMBO THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN AND WHO MAY WELL NOT LEARN OF THE SITUATION THEY FACE UNTIL THEY MAKE THE JOURNEY AND ARRIVE AT A PORT OF ENTRY." ( HTTP://MAPS.GOOGLE.COM/?Q=TUMBLER%20RIDGE%20B.C. ) TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. RUSSELL ALSO SAID THAT THE UNIONS' CASE WAS SPECULATIVE AND DID NOT CLEARLY PROVE THAT THE IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF THE 60 CHINESE WORKERS WOULD CAUSE "IRREPARABLE HARM." "I HAVE NO WAY OF QUANTIFYING THAT LOSS EITHER FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL OR COLLECTIVELY," HE WROTE, SAYING THE UNION FAILED TO PROVIDE CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THERE ARE CANADIAN MINERS WHO ARE WILLING, ABLE AND QUALIFIED TO CARRY OUT THE WORK THE CHINESE MINERS HAVE BEEN HIRED TO DO. THE COMPANY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THE DECISION WAS A VICTORY THAT TOTALLY VINDICATED ITS DECISION TO HIRE THE MINERS. "HD MINING HAS A VERY STRONG REPUTATION WITH THE COMMUNITY OF TUMBLER RIDGE, AND WE ARE RIGHT NOW PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT TO MANY CANADIANS AT THE SITE, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH CONTRACTORS," HD MINING CHAIR PENGGUI YAN SAID IN A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY. "THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FOREIGN WORKERS WORKING UNDER THIS PROGRAM IN CANADA TODAY AND WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE UNIONS WOULD TRY AND SHUT DOWN OUR PROJECT. HOW WOULD THAT PROVIDE JOBS FOR ANYONE?" JUDICIAL REVIEW EXPEDITED IN THE MEANTIME, A JUDICIAL REVIEW IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE UNIONS WON A VICTORY IN COURT ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/10/BC-TUMBLER-RIDGE-MINERS.HTML ) LAST WEEK FORCING THE COMPANY TO HAND OVER ALL THE PAPERWORK FROM THEIR RECRUITING CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING ADS THE COMPANY RAN TRYING TO RECRUIT CANADIANS. LABOUR UNIONS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS THAT JOB ADS POSTED ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA’S JOB BANK LAST YEAR LISTED SPEAKING MANDARIN AS AN ASSET. ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/10/23/BC-MINE-CHINESE-WORKERS.HTML ) THEY ARE ALSO WORRIED THAT HD MINING MIGHT TRY TO BRING THE REST OF THE MINERS TO CANADA AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN ORDER TO RENDER THE JUDICIAL REVIEW MOOT. BUT THE JUDGE ARGUED THAT THIS WAS UNLIKELY, CONSIDERING THE COSTS INVOLVED AND THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY IS NOW UNDER SCRUTINY BOTH BY THE MEDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT. THE JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS. THE B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR SAYS DOCUMENTS SHOW IT WILL BE 14 YEARS BEFORE CANADIANS REPLACE ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/12/BC-CHINESE-MINERS-DOCUMENTS.HTML ) ALL THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS. ON THURSDAY, ONE OF THE MINERS ALREADY IN CANADA FILED A HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT ( HTTP://WWW.CBC.CA/NEWS/CANADA/BRITISH-COLUMBIA/STORY/2012/12/13/BC-CHINESE-MINERS-HUMAN-RIGHTS-COMPLAINT.HTML ) ALLEGING CONTENT ON THE UNITED STEELWORKERS UNION WEBSITE IS LIKELY TO CREATE CONTEMPT FOR CHINESE PEOPLE. _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp307.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqghwugguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider

 

Chinese miners allowed to come to B.C., and keep Canadians jobless, judge rules

Written by Paul Fromm

Tuesday, 18 December 2012 06:53

Chinese miners allowed to come to B.C., and keep Canadians jobless, judge rules Canadian workers are screwed once again and the heartless importation of cheap temporary foreign, in this case, Chinese workers in place of unemployed Canadian miners can continue, according to a ruling by Federal Court Judge James Russell. *CBC News* (December 14, 2012) reports: "A federal judge will not grant an injunction to stop Chinese workers from coming to Canada to work at a new coal mine in northern B.C., because the company and workers followed all the necessary rules.The ruling means more than 200 Chinese mine workers who were hired to do specialized work at the underground mine in Tumbler Ridge will be able to come to Canada on temporary work permits. About a dozen of those workers have already arrived in Tumbler Ridge and are studying English at the local college. The International Union of Operating Engineers and the Construction and Specialized Workers' Union were seeking an injunction to stop the rest of the workers from arriving, while they fight for a judicial review of all the temporary work permits. The unions want the Federal Court to overturn Ottawa's decision<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/05/bc-chinese-mine-tumbler-ridge.html>to allow HD Mining International to bring the workers in from China. Last month Human Resources Minister Diane Finley<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/08/bc-temporary-workers-review.html>said the Conservative government isn't satisfied HD Mining followed all the rules when it sought foreign worker permits for its proposed mine near Tumbler Ridge. Judge James Russell said that HD Mining properly followed the rules when applying for its foreign worker permits. 'We have 60 workers who are all but on their way and who have acquired all that our system says they need to come to Canada,' he wrote in his ruling." Following the rules? Really? "Labour unions have raised concerns that job ads posted on the government of Canada’s job bank last year listed speaking Mandarin as an asset.<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/23/bc-mine-chinese-workers.html>|" English, certainly, French,perhaps, as a language requirement, but Mandarin to mine coal in Canada? Outrageous. These requirements were clearly a ruse to avoid hiring unemployed Canadians, miners and otherwise trainable able bodied workers, and thus justify a request to import temporary foreign workers. Further, "the B.C. Federation of Labour says documents show it will be 14 years before Canadians replace<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/12/bc-chinese-miners-documents.html>all the temporary foreign workers." HD Mining is a majority controlled Chinese company. Its eagerness to import Chinese foreign workers and keep Canadians unemployed should be a hammer on the head warning to the federal government against allowing the Chinese to buy into the Canadian economy. One wonders whether Mr. Justice Russell would be quite so blase if Canada were importing temporary Chinese judges for seats on the very cushy and well paid federal bench? Luckily, the union challenge to the cruel importation of foreign miners when so many Canadians -- officially 7.3% of the work force -- are unemployed continues in another venue. The CBC reports: "In the meantime, a judicial review is underway after the unions won a victory in court<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/10/bc-tumbler-ridge-miners.html>last week forcing the company to hand over all the paperwork from their recruiting campaign, including ads the company ran trying to recruit Canadians. ... The judicial review process is expected to take two or three months." *Paul Fromm* *Director* *CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE* L <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/10/chinese-miner-investigation.html> <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/10/chinese-miner-investigation.html> Federal judge rules mining company and workers followed all the rulesCBC News <http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html> Posted: Dec 14, 2012 1 [image: B.C.'s coal export industry has been fuelled by demand from China.]*B.C.'s coal export industry has been fuelled by demand from China. (Teck Resources/Canadian Press)* Facebook 9 Twitter 2 Share 11 Email Related <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/10/chinese-miner-investigation.html> A federal judge will not grant an injunction to stop Chinese workers from coming to Canada to work at a new coal mine in northern B.C., because the company and workers followed all the necessary rules. The ruling means more than 200 Chinese mine workers who were hired to do specialized work at the underground mine in Tumbler Ridge will be able to come to Canada on temporary work permits. About a dozen of those workers have already arrived in Tumbler Ridge and are studying English at the local college. The International Union of Operating Engineers and the Construction and Specialized Workers' Union were seeking an injunction to stop the rest of the workers from arriving, while they fight for a judicial review of all the temporary work permits. The unions want the Federal Court to overturn Ottawa's decision<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/05/bc-chinese-mine-tumbler-ridge.html>to allow HD Mining International to bring the workers in from China. Last month Human Resources Minister Diane Finley<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/08/bc-temporary-workers-review.html>said the Conservative government isn't satisfied HD Mining followed all the rules when it sought foreign worker permits for its proposed mine near Tumbler Ridge. Judge James Russell said that HD Mining properly followed the rules when applying for its foreign worker permits. "We have 60 workers who are all but on their way and who have acquired all that our system says they need to come to Canada," he wrote in his ruling. "The public also has an interest in ensuring the individuals who have been authorized to come to Canada are not left in a legal and professional limbo through no fault of their own and who may well not learn of the situation they face until they make the journey and arrive at a port of entry." [image: tumbler ridge b.c.]<http://maps.google.com/?q=tumbler%20ridge%20b.c.> Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Russell also said that the unions' case was speculative and did not clearly prove that the imminent arrival of the 60 Chinese workers would cause "irreparable harm." "I have no way of quantifying that loss either for any individual or collectively," he wrote, saying the union failed to provide clear and convincing evidence that there are Canadian miners who are willing, able and qualified to carry out the work the Chinese miners have been hired to do. The company issued a statement saying the decision was a victory that totally vindicated its decision to hire the miners. "HD Mining has a very strong reputation with the community of Tumbler Ridge, and we are right now providing employment to many Canadians at the site, directly or through contractors," HD Mining chair Penggui Yan said in a statement on Friday. "There are hundreds of thousands foreign workers working under this program in Canada today and we do not understand why the unions would try and shut down our project. How would that provide jobs for anyone?" Judicial review expedited In the meantime, a judicial review is underway after the unions won a victory in court<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/10/bc-tumbler-ridge-miners.html>last week forcing the company to hand over all the paperwork from their recruiting campaign, including ads the company ran trying to recruit Canadians. Labour unions have raised concerns that job ads posted on the government of Canada’s job bank last year listed speaking Mandarin as an asset.<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/23/bc-mine-chinese-workers.html> They are also worried that HD Mining might try to bring the rest of the miners to Canada ahead of schedule in order to render the judicial review moot. But the Judge argued that this was unlikely, considering the costs involved and the fact that the company is now under scrutiny both by the media and the government. The judicial review process is expected to take two or three months. The B.C. Federation of Labour says documents show it will be 14 years before Canadians replace<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/12/bc-chinese-miners-documents.html>all the temporary foreign workers. On Thursday, one of the miners already in Canada filed a human rights complaint<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/12/13/bc-chinese-miners-human-rights-complaint.html>alleging content on the United Steelworkers union website is likely to create contempt for Chinese people.