With Keystone in limbo, VFW helps vets get work on Canada's section

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With Keystone in limbo, VFW helps vets get work on Canada's section

By Joseph Weber

Published July 04, 2012

| FoxNews.com

U.S. veterans looking for jobs have a new employment opportunity -- in Canada, working on that country’s section of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Though the push to start building the Canada-to-Texas oil route has been delayed in the United States amid political and environmental disputes, the Veterans of Foreign Wars is part of a deal that would send veterans and active-duty soldiers across the border to fill as many as 114,000 skilled-labor jobs. The jobs include work on the crude-oil pipeline as well as work on infrastructure and even skyscrapers.

The deal is being negotiated by the Edmonton Economic Development Corp. and VetJobs, a job-placement company in which the VFW has a stake.

VetJobs CEO Tom Daywalt said Tuesday he “jumped at the opportunity” to send workers across the border.

“I want to get the best jobs for veterans. If that means going to Canada, we will,” he said. “And it’s a lot safer than Iraq.”

Daywalt said he was “very upset” about delays on the U.S. section of the 1,700-mile-long pipeline, which nixed corporate commitments he had secured to hire 8,000 veterans. He hopes veterans can now find gainful employment in Canada.

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Obama Fail......

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Your veterans are always welcome to come here (Canada).

In return, please restrain your Hollywierdos, to keep them from moving here, when Obama is booted out of office.

[Plumberman27]

I am sure The United Association of Plumbers, Fitters,Welders, and HVAC Service Technicians will have more than it's share of vets to fill any job call that the Canadians have. Plus as a bonus they have the qualified people to fill all these open positions and also the past experience of completing numerous pipeline projects on time and under budget too!

http://www.ua.org/index.asp

[Vaduz]

We found a better place to send them so both of us will be safe,China.

[philman_36]

Are those of us who served but didn't serve in combat be eligible since it's VFW or is this only reserved for its members?
Is this restricted to honorable service or are those who messed up and got a General, OTH or BC discharge welcome to apply?
Is the VFW going to help push the paperwork or help pay for getting a passport?
Do vets even need a passport to get hired to begin with?

Too many unknowns unreported in this article.