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VANCOUVER — — A Chinese-backed company pursuing a coal project in northeastern British Columbia wants to have a mine up and running by 2009 — and proposes to bring as many as 400 workers from China to build it.

Canadian Dehua International Mines Group Inc., a Vancouver-based company whose shareholders include a Chinese steel manufacturer, has filed a project description with the B.C. government that says its proposed Gething project "will require approximately 400 employees with specific skills in underground coal mining."

Since there are few underground coal mines in Canada, the document states, "Dehua will likely source skilled labour from China to meet staffing requirements."

The notion of bringing that many foreign workers into northern B.C. raises concerns for labour groups and the Mining Association of British Columbia.

"If you bring in foreign workers and put them in a camp and they work in a mine — how is that developing resources for long-lasting impact at the local level?" said Jim Sinclair, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour.

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So this Chinese outfit wants to bring in workers so that they can avoid training local workers and paying local rates.

The problem is not a lack of workers as much as it is a lack of process to attract trainees.

I know a gal in her early 20s from that area who drives a 200 tonne mine truck and makes over 100k/year. The reason she got the job is because she wanted it.

There may be a lack of people wanting to mine coal underground in Canada but this company wants Canadian resources at Chinese costs,leaving little behind.

Unions have many apprenticeship programs for mining professions, so there's no reason anything that isn't already industry know-how here can be taught with not too much effort.

The problem is the BC Liar regime has been gutting funding for apprenticeships and industry standards to pay off its' large corporate industry backers, leaving many unions to continue apprenticeship programs on their own or with less help --this is at a time when the construction and similar industries are facing huge long-term shortages of skilled labour.

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The Communist Chinese have also the world's worst safety record when it comes to underground coal mining.

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First, what Communist Chinese?

Mao: State capitalism on Building the Economy-- Conference on Financial and Economic Framework 1953

Chinese Capitalism "under Socialism:" Deng Xiaoping 1979 barf!

China: state capitalism to private capitalism 2003

Bolshevism of any kind is state monopoly capitalism. Nothing else.

Second, what mining safety record?

Coal mining: Most deadly job in China

China still struggling with mine safety

Take Tough Action To End China's Mining Tragedies