The minister of human resources says it would be unacceptable for the Royal Bank of Canada to bring workers from India into the country to take the jobs of people now doing them. The minister, Diane Finley (inset left) was commenting on a CBC story in which RBC tech employee Dave Moreau (inset right) told the program Go Public that the bank has served termination notices on 45 employees. In the meantime, the same employees are training the new arrivals to do the jobs the old employees are required to leave, the CBC says. “If true, this situation is unacceptable,” said Ms Finley. The employees will be let go after they train workers supplied by iGate Corp, an IT offshore specialist based in Fremont California. The new employees will do the same work as those to be laid off. Just how the foreign employees are documented to work in Canada and in effect take the jobs of citizens isn’t clear although the bank told the CBC that the workers were working legally. Report.Ottawa to look into RBC outsourcing program
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The minister of human resources says it would be unacceptable for the Royal Bank of Canada to bring workers from India into the country to take the jobs of people now doing them. The minister, Diane Finley (inset left) was commenting on a CBC story in which RBC tech employee Dave Moreau (inset right) told the program Go Public that the bank has served termination notices on 45 employees. In the meantime, the same employees are training the new arrivals to do the jobs the old employees are required to leave, the CBC says. “If true, this situation is unacceptable,” said Ms Finley. The employees will be let go after they train workers supplied by iGate Corp, an IT offshore specialist based in Fremont California. The new employees will do the same work as those to be laid off. Just how the foreign employees are documented to work in Canada and in effect take the jobs of citizens isn’t clear although the bank told the CBC that the workers were working legally. Report.