One of the best news I read today is knowing that the Government has signed a Memorandum of Agreement for OFW to work in Canada.

At the signing of the memorandum of agreement Wednesday at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel between DoLE, represented by Roque, and Alberta’s Ministry of Employment and Immigration headed by Hector Goudreau, the two have agreed to form a partnership and cooperation in the recruitment and deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that is needed to fill in the shortage of workers in the province.

“Initially 10,000 Filipinos are need immediately for this recruitment program, but Alberta officials said they have a shortage of 30,000 workers for their oil and gas industry," Roque told reporters in an interview shortly after the signing of the agreement.

Roque said he is looking at deploying about 30,000 to 40,000 OFWs every year to Alberta and three other Canadian provinces with which the Philippines has earlier forged an agreement — Manitoba, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.

Roque said that workers who qualify for work in Alberta will receive a monthly salary of 6,000 Canadian dollars (US$5,700) for the highly skilled welders, C$3,800 (US$3,600) for pipe fitters. He said the amount is higher than the salary offered for welders and pipe fitters deployed in Saudi Arabia, which ranges between US$300 to US$500.

With this report an OFW like me can have a better choice. Juts imagine $ 5,700 for highly skilled worker.. What about for Engineers ?, They are saying it is a better choice compared to Middle east. But wait one should know, if the mentioned probable salary includes what .

So better study it, before going into action of resigning from your current job. Just a piece of advise.

{ via gmanews.tv }