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The Official Business Magazine of the Regina & District Chamber of Commerce
CELEBRATION IN
RIDER NATION
101st Grey Cup
In This Issue
Photo credit: Saskatchewan Roughriders
SATTC
International Tradespeople in SK
Doug Elliott
HOUSING IN REGINA
JIM HOPSON
GREY CUP REFLECTIONS
November 2013
Volume 15
Issue 9
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Content
5 ChaiRS MESSAGE
6 SATCC
Int Workers In Regina
8 JIM HOPSON
Grey Cup Reflections
9 GREY CUP
Festival Schedule of Events
10 DOUG ELLIOTT
Sask Trends Monitor
Larry Mything
Lorne Pavelick
Bob Taylor
Nadia Williamson
Tyler Willox
18 NEW MEMBERS
Keri Ziegler
18 NOVEMBER EVENTS
Staff
John Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer
Lisa Deans, CMA, Chief Financial Officer
Jeanette Tonita, Events Manager
Amanda Baker, BFA, Member Relations Manager
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Gord Archibald
Chair, Regina & District
Chamber of Commerce
elcome to Regina!
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The core business of the SATCC is to develop and train our own local apprentices.
However, with the rising needs of skilled
tradespeople in industry, there is a need for
additional people who are already trained
and ready to work.
Many internationally trained workers have
the necessary skills and face a work shortage in their own countries. Saskatchewan
industry can provide them not only jobs,
but careers.
The SATCC provides one of the links between skilled internationally trained tradespeople and the employers looking to hire.
As an employer, you want to know you
are hiring someone who can do the necessary work. In Canada, the Interprovincial
Standards Red Seal Program provides the
assurance that someone has been properly
trained, has the experience, and is certified
to do the work. Every country has a unique
certification system. So, what qualifies in
Canada?
This is when the SATCC provides its services. The Assessment unit at the SATCC
has long provided services locally determining if people are eligible to write
the journeyperson exam, and if trade time
hours may qualify.
Now the unit is also providing assessment
services for internationally trained workers before they even come to Canada. An
assessment must be completed for those
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New Legislation
Protects Foreign Workers
The Government of Saskatchewan has
introduced new legislation to ensure
Saskatchewan continues to be a destination
of choice for immigrants seeking a good place
to live and work.
The Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration
Services Act, proclaimed October 11, 2013,
protects foreign workers from exploitation
and mistreatment during the immigration and
recruitment process. Employers also benefit
from greater transparency in services provided
by recruiters and immigration consultants.
Under the Act, recruiters and immigration
consultants must be licensed by the
Government of Saskatchewan before providing
services to Saskatchewan employers or
immigrants moving to the province. Both
employers and foreign workers must give their
signed consent in advance to all services and
fees. Only employers pay costs associated with
recruitment. Neither recruiters nor employers
can charge recruitment fees to foreign workers.
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Mosaic Underground
This underground
party will feature live
entertainment, special
appearances and cool
contesting.
Free
Tent
Wed Nov 20
Saturday Nov 23
Free
Autograph opportunities,
interactive fun for CFL fans,
plenty of games and exciting
live entertainment every
night.
Free
01st Opening
Ceremony
Wed Nov 20
noon 2:00 pm
Free
Riderville
Credit Union
EventPlex, Evraz Place
Riderville - a Celebration in
Rider Nation
CFL Hospitality
Credit Union
EventPlex, Evraz Place
Leader-Post Players
CFLAA Legends
Queensbury
Convention Centre
A Celebration of CFL
Alumni
Canadian Football
Free
cotiabank Gala
Taste of the Nation
Pre-Game Party
Sun Nov 24 12 pm
5:00 pm
Credit Union
EventPlex Evraz
Place
Cabaret-style celebrations
including performance by the
Sheepdogs
Countdown To Kickoff
Queensbury
Convention Centre
Sun Nov 24
2:00 pm 5:00 pm
Mosaic Stadium
Practice Field
Free
101
Mosaic Stadium at
Taylor Field
Rooms
(including Riderville)
Champions Concert
Series - HEDLEY
Luncheon Presented
by Sask Lotteries
Champions Concert
Series BARE NAKED
LADIES
Champions Concert
Series BIG & RICH
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Grey Cup
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
REGINAS HOUSING STOCK
by Doug Elliott, Publisher
Sask Trends Monitor
Definitions
Statistics Canada defines an occupied private dwelling as a
separate set of living quarters with a private entrance either from
outside or from a common hall, lobby, vestibule or stairway inside the
building in which a person or a group of persons is permanently
residing. The entrance to the dwelling must be one that can be used
without passing through the living quarters of someone else. Most
basement suites would therefore be classified as separate dwellings.
Each apartment in a building is a separate dwelling.
The Regina census metropolitan area or CMA is the city plus the
surrounding bedroom communities such as Pilot Butte, Lumsden,
and Balgonie. These statistics are based on where you live not where
you work.
2001
71%
2006
69%
22%
2011
69%
22%
22%
2001
11%
2006
10%
2011
9%
0%
0%
20%
40%
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60%
80%
Apartment
100%
Other
38%
44%
36%
41%
33%
20%
7%
13%
39%
40%
60%
19%
80%
Before 1946
1946 to 1970
1971 to 1990
After 1991
100%
2001
32%
2006
37%
30%
2011
0%
31%
40%
30%
40%
2001
8%
2006
8%
28%
30%
41%
20%
29%
29%
60%
80%
100%
2011
9%
29%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
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12%
11%
2001
10%
21%
8%
2006
6%
20%
5%
4%
3%
2011
2%
0%
Owned
Rented
All dwellings
Affordability
The NHS provides some financial information about
dwellings and the income of those who live in them. In
particular, respondents report their rent or mortgage
payments and those who own their dwellings are asked to
estimate their market value.
The market value of the average owner-occupied dwelling
in Regina was $328,000 in 2011. The equivalent figure in
2006 was $158,000 so the average price has doubled over
the five years. The average dwelling in Saskatoon had an
estimated market value of $346,000 in 2011.
By comparing household incomes with the payments for
housing, Statistics Canada develops a rough measure of
affordability. In the measure, a dwelling is considered
unaffordable if their major payments (rent, mortgage
payments, taxes, and utilities) exceed 30% of household
income before taxes. The average of these major
payments for Regina dwellings was $11,000 per year in
2011 so household income would have to be more than
$33,000 for such a dwelling to be classified as affordable.
Just over one fifth of Regina dwellings (22%) were
classified as unaffordable in 2011. This compares with
20% in 2006 and 21% in 2001 so housing affordability
has deteriorated in the past five years but not as much as
one might have expected because incomes have grown
quickly as well as housing costs.
Unaffordable housing is somewhat more common in
Saskatoon where 25% of dwellings are classified as
unaffordable.
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22%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Source: Sask Trends Monitor from the Statistics Canada NHS data
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Expert Advice
Travelling Outside the Country?
Read the Fine Print.
When travelling, most of us assume coverage through our group plan or a policy
we purchase individually, is adequate in the event of a medical emergency.
However, not all polices are created equally.
Darcy Stasuik
Advisor
Ph. 306-564-6323 Ext. 689
dstasuik@lifestylebydesign.ca
Heather Renshaw
Associate Advisor
Ph. 306-564-6323 Ext. 683
hrenshaw@lifestylebydesign.ca
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