Did the Inquirer Plagiarise an Article From the CBC?

"Everywhere around the world they're coming to (North) America!"

http://usa.inquirer.net/7864/hiring-filipinos-key-success-says-canadian-farm-equipment-makers

A farm equipment manufacturer in this tiny Canadian town says hiring immigrants from the Philippines has been a key to its success.

Esteban de La Cruz is among those recruits. He moved to Frontier with his family in 2008 and now works, along with wife Elvie, at Honey Bee. 

New arrivals from the Philippines are a regular feature in Frontier, and De La Cruz told CBC News  that he likes to personally welcome them with a party that includes food, drink and karaoke. 

De la Cruz says he likes living in Frontier where it’s quiet and safe for his kids to grow up in. 

Honey Bee has been recruiting workers from the Philippines since 2008, using the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program. 

Henry Fehr, human resource manager, said Honey Bee needed engineers, welders and assembly line workers but could not find enough of them in Western Canada. Canadian workers “just won’t come” because Frontier is 100 miles from the nearest traffic light and the nearest Wal-Mart. 

Fehr said it takes eight months to bring families to Frontier as landed immigrants who can begin the process of becoming Canadian citizens, if they choose. 

Honey Bee helps the workers get settled, giving them furniture, helping them get vehicles and renting some apartments and duplexes in Frontier so that Filipino families have a place to stay. The company also helps out with the first few months of rent. 

Hiring from the Philippines has paid off, according to general manager Brad Nelson, who says he can’t imagine the company existing today without it.

I was going to write about how it's stupid to be spending money to hire Filipinos from halfway across the world when there is guaranteed to be somebody in Canada who can fill the position.  I would have mentioned that the company likely gets huge tax breaks which offset the costs of hiring a worker from 10,000 miles away and providing him with a car, an apartment, and furniture.  Next I would have noted how it's pretty funny the Filipinos are welcomed with karaoke and a fiesta.  Not an all night fiesta I am sure.

Also I might have made mention that Filipinos seem to flourish once they make it outside of the toxic culture of the Philippines.

De la Cruz says he likes living in Frontier where it’s quiet and safe for his kids to grow up in.

Quiet and safe? 100x more than the Philippines that's for sure, eh!

Maybe I would have posted the article about the Jollibee that recently opened in Winnipeg.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38333694

This is a real testament to how many Filipinos are actually living in Canada. Is there a Tim Horton's in the Philippines?

https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/best-eats/162393-tim-hortons-coffee-shop-manila-photos-prices

I was planning on writing about all that stuff. Well forget about it!  I am not going to write about any of that. While researching what kind of tax breaks this company could receive I stumbled on something quite hilarious. Not only does Honeybee Mfg make it a point to hire foreigners rather than Canadians but this article in the November 8, 2017 edition of the Inquirer is actually a reprint from an article the CBC posted three years ago. (Yeah I could have just clicked the link in the article but I didn't.)  It is tweaked a little.  They changed a few words but it is essentially the same article!  Take a look for yourself.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/firm-in-tiny-sask-town-flourishing-with-filipino-workers-1.2616992

A farm equipment manufacturer in the tiny town of Frontier, Sask., says hiring immigrants from the Philippines has been a key to its success. 

In recent years, Honey Bee Manufacturing has filled 35 jobs at its Frontier combine header plant from the Philippines — just under 20 per cent of its workforce.

Among those immigrants is Esteban de La Cruz, who moved to the community in the southwest corner of the Prairie province with his family in 2008 and now works, along with wife Elvie, at Honey Bee.

New arrivals from the Philippines are a regular feature in Frontier, and De La Cruz says he likes to personally welcome them with a party that includes food, drink and karaoke.   

"Those Filipinos who have just arrived are well-adjusted because they can see already some Filipinos, which is different than when I first came to Frontier," he said.  

"It's nice to live here, especially if your kids are young," he added. "It is very quiet and very peaceful. Almost all people know each other and people greet you with a smile. You don't worry about your kids getting hurt." 

Honey Bee's recruitment drive, aimed at the Philippines, has been underway since 2008. 

The company's human resources manager, Henry Fehr, said Honey Bee needed engineers, welders and assembly line workers but could not find enough of them in Western Canada. 

"What happened for us is when [Canadian workers] find out where we are, they just won't come," Fehr explained. "We're 100 miles from the nearest traffic light. 100 miles from the nearest Wal-mart. 100 miles from the nearest Tim Hortons." 

Honey Bee is using the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program to bring workers to the province. 

Fehr said it's an eight-months long process to bring families to Frontier. When they arrive, he said, they have the status of a landed immigrant and can begin the process of becoming Canadian citizens, if they choose. 

Many workers also bring family members with them, ready to start a new life. 

"When you go to an airport and you meet a mother, a father and say three children and they've got three suitcases — for their entire life — that's a unique challenge," Fehr said. 

"We help them establish a new life," he added. "We give them furniture. We help to get vehicles ... all those sorts of things." 

Honey Bee is also renting some apartments and duplexes in Frontier so that Filipino families have a place to stay. the company is also helping out with the first few months of rent. 

While the firm has spent some money to build the workforce it needs hiring from the Philippines has paid off, according to general manager Brad Nelson. 

"I don't know how we would continue to exist today, doing the manufacturing that we're doing, at the level we're doing it all, without them," Nelson said. "I don't think we could, quite frankly." 

Nelson notes, with pride, that Honey Bee is a market leader in combine headers adding their products are sold worldwide.

Why did the Inquirer choose to edit and republish a three year old article? Although there is a link to the CBC in the midst of the article there is no attribution to the CBC in the byline. Why not?  Because the Inquirer did not publish the exact same article. They tweaked it. They dropped a few details and combined sentences or rearranged the wording of sentences. Above I have bolded everything that the Inquirer dropped.  All the rest is either included verbatim or in a tweaked version.

Is this plagiarism? Did the Inquirer plagiarise an article from the CBC?  That's exactly what it looks like.