CBSA (Border Customs) Has anybody joined them
Oct 18th 2009, 5:26 am
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I think part of the problem in some areas of work is those pesky protectionist unions.
Basically when a job gets advertised externally, the HR people have to consider the internal union applicants before they even see the external applicants list, thus often appointing someone before they even get to the external applicant shortlist.
Seen it happen quite a lot in larger municipal government organizations here.
My pragmatic self says why don't they just always advertise something internally first if its going to go that way anyway then it saves us poor, pesky immigrants all the hope and subsequent angst!
Basically when a job gets advertised externally, the HR people have to consider the internal union applicants before they even see the external applicants list, thus often appointing someone before they even get to the external applicant shortlist.
Seen it happen quite a lot in larger municipal government organizations here.
My pragmatic self says why don't they just always advertise something internally first if its going to go that way anyway then it saves us poor, pesky immigrants all the hope and subsequent angst!
Oct 18th 2009, 5:34 am
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Canada has a unique economy. It is the only country in the World that basically relies on it's mineral wealth for income and is not a third-World country. If you are not employed in this area, then you are dispensable. Relying on resources for income is also a third-World mentality.
Oct 18th 2009, 5:59 am
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I am not following your post. People who have spent 2 decades in Canada are not "New Canadians" The point I was making was more about ones attitude to the people they are being paid to protect. Your comment about good judgment and knowledge to know who your friends are is the point I am making.
Oct 18th 2009, 6:01 am
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I can't say I particularly give a shit about Canada or Canadians. I'm not going to think more or less about anyone because of some arbitrary accident of birth - in fact I find the whole concept of where you were born affecting what you can and can't do and where you can and can't go abhorrent.
Oct 18th 2009, 6:05 am
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I am not following your post. People who have spent 2 decades in Canada are not "New Canadians" The point I was making was more about ones attitude to the people they are being paid to protect. Your comment about good judgment and knowledge to know who your friends are is the point I am making.
Oct 18th 2009, 2:51 pm
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Precisely. The ability to distinguish between who you are protecting and what kind of person/experience/qualifications is an asset in doing so go hand in hand. If you have no clue how to distinguish between who you are protecting, and who you are protecting against, you are stymied from the start. Canadian institutions seem nowadays so blinkered that all they are doing is protecting themselves and ignoring the general population the working majority of which are "New Canadians".
That statement makes no sense. How you fit in is a product of how you feel. What does money or a piece of paper have to do with anything?
Oct 18th 2009, 2:59 pm
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Canada has a unique economy. It is the only country in the World that basically relies on it's mineral wealth for income and is not a third-World country. If you are not employed in this area, then you are dispensable. Relying on resources for income is also a third-World mentality.
Oct 18th 2009, 7:40 pm
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How does being born here may someone more Canadian? A two week old baby vs a 40 year naturalised resident? Who's been a Canadian longer?
How does how much money you have make any difference to how you integrate?
Like I said the comment originally made it absolute rubbish, or do you have something that substantiates such a broad statement?
May 18th 2010, 8:24 pm
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Hello
I wanted to know if any of u knew when the CBSA was hiring for 2010? I have been trying to get that information for a while now, in vain! And the second thing is, is there anyway to study for the test beforehand?
Thanks!
I wanted to know if any of u knew when the CBSA was hiring for 2010? I have been trying to get that information for a while now, in vain! And the second thing is, is there anyway to study for the test beforehand?
Thanks!
May 18th 2010, 10:25 pm
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Hi
According to their web page, they are not hiring at the present time.
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/job-emplo...ement-eng.html
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/job-emplo...ement-eng.html
Jun 19th 2010, 1:39 pm
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Re: CBSA (Border Customs) Has anybody joined them
if you are 1) a Canadian citizen who is 2) genuinely interested in CBSA opportunities then PM me. I am not in CBSA myself right now but in final stages of process, and can give you some good pointers for preparing for the exam which is the toughest test I ever wrote! I'm not interested in communicating about the other posts on this forum on what is or is not a "new Canadian". I am law enforcement and I am interested in communicating only about law enforcement careers.