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EDMONTON — The three candidates vying to be the next premier of Alberta say Ottawa’s plan to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers won’t work in the province.<\/p>\n

Under the new rules unveiled by Employment Minister Jason Kenney on Friday, medium and large-sized companies will not be allowed to have more than 10 per cent temporary foreign workers by 2016.<\/p>\n

Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jim Prentice says a “one-size fits all” plan isn’t going to work for a province like Alberta, which he says is creating more than 80 per cent of the new jobs in Canada.<\/p>\n

He says as he criss-crosses the province, labour shortages is the number one issue he is hearing about, from the oil and gas sector to agriculture and service industries.<\/p>\n

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Candidate Ric McIver says restaurant owners, tourism business owners and feedlot operators have told him their businesses will close and that Alberta full-time residents will then lose their jobs, too.<\/p>\n

Thomas Lukaszuk, who was Alberta’s jobs minister before entering the leadership race, says temporary foreign workers mean the difference between restaurants being open and closed on a Sunday night, or whether the coffee line wait is five minutes or 20.<\/p>\n

“Those who spend too much time in Ottawa are evidently out of touch with average Albertans and small and medium-size businesses in Western Canada,” Lukaszuk said in a social media post on Friday.<\/p>\n

Lukaszuk and Prentice both noted that they support some of the changes, such as stiffer fines.<\/p>\n

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But both also stressed Alberta’s importance to the Canadian economy.<\/p>\n

Voting for the leadership contest takes place in September, and the winner will become premier.<\/p>\n

McIver said he would defend Alberta’s interests if he is elected.<\/p>\n

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“As premier, I will be following up with my counterparts in the federal government to make sure Alberta’s interests are known and advocated for,” McIver said in a media statement. “Albertans can count on me to keep working for them on this vital issue.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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