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Foodservice TFW Moratorium Lifted
Minister Kenney announced today that the moratorium on temporary foreign workers in the foodservice sector has been lifted and announced the changes below. LMOs are renamed LMIAs 1 Temporary Foreign...
View ArticleKenney’s reforms make it easier to hire TFWs in skilled trades
Employment Minister Jason Kenney has made it easier for businesses to hire temporary foreign workers in skilled trades by reactivating the controversial accelerated labour market opinion (LMO) program,...
View ArticleTFW Entries Outpace Job Growth In Canada
The number of temporary foreign workers allowed into Canada last year was more than the number of new jobs created during that year, latest figures released by the Canada government reveals. 221,273...
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Two out of three TFWs brought in without proving need for temporary labour
Two of every three temporary foreign workers in Canada in 2013 came with permits that did not require the employers to prove there was a need for labour from outside the country. The number of workers...
View ArticleFinding that 1 in 10 BC welders will be jobless by 2020, government comes up...
Welders and Related Machine Operators (NOC 7265) Unemployment rate 9.8 % by 2020 Ratio of number of unemployed people to number of new job openings 4:1 by 2020 Source: Province of British Columbia
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Kenney’s Online TFW Fraud Reporting Tool Fails with 404 Error
Update: ESDC seems to have fixed the error after one of our readers posted a link to this story to Minister Kenney’s Facebook page. The online tool to report Temporary Foreign Worker Program fraud set...
View ArticleTake Back Canada Day
This Canada day, please take a moment to think about all the hard working Canadians who are facing unemployment, suppressed wages, and dangerous working conditions because of this odiously inhumane...
View ArticleA Short Account of The Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Officially companies use it to find temporary workers from other countries when qualified Canadian residents aren’t available.5 Sometimes the company needs a positive govt Labour Market Impact...
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Harper government quietly removes TFW restriction
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, 1. Many...
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Concerned citizen helps police nab illegal TFW recruiter after government...
January 29, 2015 Halton Police arrested Imelda Saluma for an illegal check cashing scheme1. This is not Ms. Saluma’s biggest offense, however; she is wanted by the Toronto PD for defrauding foreign...
View ArticleNew employment minister pledges to battle unions for $5
The newly appointed Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre once pledged to fight the “radical union agenda” and asked the party faithful five dollars for his efforts. Here’s the email he sent out: From:...
View ArticleThe Liberal Party’s Temporary Foreign Worker Stance
From a search of www.liberal.ca and news articles we possess The Liberal Party’s Stance Scale back the program. 3 4 5 9 General promise of greater transparency and accountability, accurate data....
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