Sentences with phrase «cheaper temporary foreign workers»

It's not perfect, but the open letter to Canadians from RBC president and CEO Gord Nixon does hit a lot of the right notes to help stem the swell of ill will, sparked by a CBC report over the weekend claiming the company was swapping Canadian staff for cheaper temporary foreign workers.

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Health Canada, Canadian Forces / Department of National Defence, Canada Post, the CBC, Canada Lands, the Bank of Canada, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Canadian Museum of Civilization are all employing temporary foreign workers — closing the cheap labour circle.

High - skill temporary worker programs like the H - 1B visa, which were intended ostensibly to «complement the American workforce,» have «made it too easy to bring in cheaper foreign workers with ordinary skills — ... not specialized skills,... not the best and brightest — to directly substitute for, rather than complement, American workers,» Hira said.

The expansion of the temporary foreign workers program, theft of E.I. benefits from migrant workers and Canadian citizens alike, are all part of one «cheap labour» strategy.

The temporary foreign worker program just went through a major overhaul geared towards «putting Canadians first» and ensuring Canadians are given the first choice of jobs in Canada and to prevent employers exploiting foreign workers or using foreign workers as a cheaper labour source.