A government that once proclaimed “Alberta is calling” now wants to have more say in who gets to call Alberta home.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a new mandate letter to Joseph Schow, Alberta’s minister for Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration, which in part directs him to, “… use all legal means to secure more provincial control over international immigration to Alberta… .”

Speaking to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, Smith says she wants to encourage more employers to look locally for their hiring needs.

“I know there’s a lot of individuals that rely on … business owners that rely on the temporary foreign worker program,” Smith told the crowd. “The federal government has realized they have to scale that back. So what we’re trying to do is to create an opportunity t

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