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THE TÁNAISTE AND Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore has today announced significant enhancements to the Ireland Canada working holiday programme.
Canada’s Minister for Citizenship was also present for the announcement today, which will see the number of visas available for Canadian and Irish participants double to over 10,000 by 2014.
The enhancements will see the length of stay extended from one year to two years.
Speaking at the announcement this afternoon, the Tánaiste welcomed the changes to the programme: “I visited Toronto over the St Patrick’s Day weekend this year to meet those participating in the the programme as well as the companies seeking to hire Irish workers. At that time both Minister Kenney and I felt that the programme could be enhanced to better meet the needs of participants and prospective employers.”
“I am delighted that as a result of that meeting in March, we were able to bring forward these changes which will benefit both out countries in the coming years,” he added.
Gilmore pointed out that Canada is one of the biggest investors in Ireland – and that Irish companies now employ 60,000 people in Canada – and expressed hoped that the “new generation working holiday programme” would continue to facilitate economic ties between the two countries.
Kenney said that Ireland and Canada had a relationship based on “shared cultural and democratic tradition” and said he hoped the expansion of the initiative would ensure the countries’ long-standing partnership endures well into the future.
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Eamon Gilmore is involved in the exportation of Human beings. Unlike in previous centuries when Irish men and women were enslaved to be sent to work in places like Barbados by force – the irish people are convinced in its in their interest, they need to “get out” and see the world, they will have a great time and return in a few years.
The best thing for the Canadians, the Brits and Australians to do would be to put a total freeze on migration from Ireland. They would be doing us a favour. If it wasnt for emigration we would have 750,000 people on the dole here. There would no doubt be then a critical mass then of angry people to actually organise and affect real change in this country.
But its in the interest of the gombeen elite & the kleptocratic sleveen, greasy till political class to encourage the shipping out of the young and disaffected. The gravy from the IMF has to continue until pension time after all.
As this all happens, Enda Kenny is on the Cover of Time. A sick joke.
great comment.this country could be doing very well if our natural resources werent being given away & instead of handing billions to unguaranteed bondholders actually invest the money in renewable energies & other areas to create jobs.this country should have went the icelandic route.they are only too happy to see people emigrate as it brings down the live register numbers.its disgraceful.
Make yourself a bit happier by being positive sometimes.
It’s opportunity for people. OPPORTUNITY
opportunity to leave. Happy clappy nonsense is not positivity.
In fairness, this isn’t a bad thing. The problem is that it’s being presented as THE SOLUTION. It’s great that Irish graduates have a chance to see the world – it would just be nice if they could come back and get a job closer to home after the two years are up (and I pity the poor Canadians who show up looking for a two year job at the moment).
What next Eamon ?
Government sponsored Coffin Ships???
”The Irish Government”
”Depopulating faster than Pol Pot”
That’s right Gilmore , keep exporting our problems !!! How about the rights of our children to live and work in the country of our birth ? And what about the grieving and pain of the families who on a daily basis have to watch their children emigrate in order to find something as simple as a job ?
They will bang on about welfare figures been down when the 10,000 odd leave ireland :-)
Pity Gilmore wouldn’t piss off to Canada
They only take skilled people, not parasites.
Stick the golden circle jerker traitor club in a council house in Loughrea and take half their dole off them every week for not doing a course in computers. Our people scattered to the four corners of the globe again, the big reset button of emmigration.
If only we could find a way to get paid for all the humans we are exporting. We would be loaded.
Part of being Irish means having to leave, that is such a sad sad trait in our culture, you must leave home to survive
Shame the visa process for Canada is still such a nightmare. “no longer will our children be raised for export like cattle” comes to mind.
Does one have to be under 30?
35 I believe
Thanks, Dave. I’m getting close unfortunately!
Jeysus… Ya look older Peter!! Sorry!
I know that Australia and i believe New Zealand have made the upper age limit 30, but as Dave rightly said, Canada’s upper age limit is 35.
Though as far as i know as long as your application is in and the process has begun before your actual 35th birthday, you are still eligable.
Though don’t quote me on that.
I would not get tired of slapping his pudgy face.
Eamon Gilmore, jobs are being created and the unemployment numbers are reducing! Reality, people are emigrating and gone back to school! Irish Citizens, Swallow it and do nothing!
Sweet 5000 new jobs for the irish! oh wait they’re in Canada! :(
What about those already on first year of working holiday visa?
Do we get three years now? :D
well im only guessing, but as its a two year visa that would probably just stretch your one year to two, there is no 3 year visa!
35
what a load of crap its allready 2 years just means you dont have to apply for a second year while your in canada which no one has ever been refused. Just making themselves look like there doing irish people good. Morons!!!!!!!
Any particular reason for the upper age limit?
To Be ???????? Watch this space folks
Immigration has been the problem here these past and present decades.Not emigration.
Are there no depths to which they won’t stoop, they are psycho to have such little shame, i mean its beyond noramlity to try to con people like that.
Brilliant comment Bob.
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