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[...] , Karen M. Sargeant and Brian P. Smeenk, Fasken Martineau. Last Updated: May 23 2013 Temporary foreign workers: Filling labour gap or depressing wages? By Peter O’Neil And Tara Carman, Vancouver Sun [...]

[...] As many as 60% of all jobs created in Canada may be going to temporary foreign workers, latest numbers released by the Canadian government show. More than 125,000 temporary [...]

[...] Two of every three temporary foreign workers entering Canada in 2013 came with permits that did not require the employers to prove [...]

[...] Minister Kenney announced today that the moratorium on temporary foreign workers in the foodservice sector has been lifted. He also announced a series of reforms. The [...]

[...] Employment Minister Jason Kenney knew about the potential abuses in the temporary foreign worker program as far back as 2011, when he was the Minister of Immigration, according to a [...]

[...] Myth 1: Temporary foreign worker program creates jobs for Canadians A report by C. D. Howe Institute shows that the temporary [...]

[...] from their jobs to migrant workers being subject to modern day slavery reports of temporary foreign worker program abuses are surfacing on a daily basis. Absence of oversight and lack of enforcement [...]

[...] signed the petition asking Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to “Stop the Temporary Foreign Worker Program from bringing in truck drivers.” “The driver shortage is a myth created [...]

[...] of the groups hardest hit by the TFW program, with numerous documented cases of hundreds of Canadian workers being replaced by foreign workers. “Positions in the skilled trades are essential to the [...]

[...] ordered the company to pay the Mexican workers $11,000 on top of $38,000 to be paid to the Canadian workers and a further $1,000 dollars in fines. But Can-Pacific Farms also received positive LMOs to [...]

[...] to hire 600 temporary foreign workers while turning Canadians away is creating anger among Canadian workers. Court records released last month show that the Calgary-based provider of construction [...]

[...] with prearranged job offers, which is equal to 91.2% of new jobs created in Canada, while Canadian workers had to compete with 74,190 open work permit holders in a job market where there are seven [...]

[...] workers were allowed into Canada in the first six months of 2013, according Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s latest Quarterly Administrative Data Release. Only 82,000 Canadians joined the [...]

[...] SK Personnel based in Edmonton, Alberta. The court case started after Citizenship and Immigration Canada rejected the vast majority of work permit applications and SK Personnel, who also have an [...]

[...] . 221,273 TFWs were allowed into Canada in 2013, Minister Jason Alexander’s Citizenship and Immigration Canada reported, while only 161,200 new jobs were created in the same period, according to [...]

[...] in the last five years, according to the latest numbers released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. One of the moves announced by the government on June 20 split the old TFW program [...]

[...] Here’s a copy of the letter sent by Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander quite removing some temporary foreign worker program restrictions. In a nutshell, [...]

[...] is echoed by nearly 500 truck drivers who have signed the petition asking Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to “Stop the Temporary Foreign Worker Program from bringing in truck drivers. [...]

[...] of tax paying employed citizens working“ Minister Kenney and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced an overhaul of the temporary foreign worker program and lifting of the [...]

[...] be true then they’re on the right track.” Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced a series of measures to overhaul the scandal-plagued Temporary Foreign [...]