Some critics and commentators insist that the only appropriate way forward is shutting down the low - skilled temporary foreign worker program. (migrantworkersalliance.org)
On an otherwise quiet afternoon in April, Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney announced a moratorium on the Government of Canada's scandal - plagued temporary foreign worker program in restaurants, putting into serious doubt the very initiative he'd spent years developing as immigration minister. (canadianbusiness.com)
The summit came less than a week after the government announced major changes to the controversial temporary foreign workers program, which include a cap on the number of foreign workers companies can hire, stiffer penalties for businesses found to be violating the new rules and on - site audits and inspections to guard against abuses. (canadianbusiness.com)