Sentences with phrase «more temporary foreign workers»

FACT: Sigurdson also told CBC Radio on July 13, 2015 «There's very little in the way of language for training opportunities for British Columbians, and I fear that we could have more temporary foreign workers on the project than what are required.»

Premier Christy Clark promised 100,000 LNG jobs, but now she is trying to arrange for the industry to bring more temporary foreign workers into the province.

Not exact matches

«Comparing Canada with other G7 countries raises more questions about the massive expansion of our temporary foreign worker program.»

In 2011, including the agricultural sector, nearly 450,000 temporary foreign workers came to Canada, more than doubling the size of the program over the last decade.

The temporary foreign worker program was first under fire in the fall of 2012, when it came to light that approval was granted to Chinese - owned HD Mining International to bring more than 200 people from China to work at its coal mine near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

Two thirds of Canadians do not agree with the current law where employers are allowed to pay temporary foreign workers less for equivalents skills and duties (66 %), and just more than a quarter agree (28 %).

More than 8 - in - 10 Canadians agree temporary foreign workers should be proficient in either French or English before being allowed to work here (82 %), and as many as two thirds agree strongly (64 %).

More than half of the 243 employers in the province permitted to hire temporary foreign workers at minimum wage over a 10 - month period ended in June were in the food - service business, the Alberta Federation of Labour found recently through a freedom - of - information request.

Last year, Canada welcomed more than half a million newcomers to our country as immigrants, international students and temporary foreign workers.

In 2014, the Globe and Mail reported that in that in the first fiveyears of its registry, Manitoba investigated more than 600 registered employers who hired temporary foreign workers and found that nearly half were non-compliant.

Employers, have you surveyed your staff recently and found you have at least one or more skilled temporary foreign workers in your workplace?

One lawyer may be an expert at family sponsorships, whereas a consultant may be more experienced with temporary foreign workers.

We encourage employers and temporary foreign workers to contact us to discuss the immigration process for their employees in more detail.

Read their article Employers face more inspections and new penalties under the new temporary foreign worker regime, as published in the Chronicle Herald's Cream on January 22, 2016.

By having stronger attestations, it gives the government much more authority to invoke the penalties it has, such as barring the Canadian company from bringing in a temporary foreign worker for two years.

Long - term audits will ensure employers, especially those who utilize the temporary foreign worker program in greater numbers, will take on more accountability and be forced to justify in cases of breach.

Even before Canada's immigration laws became more complicated earlier this year thanks to a series of changes to the temporary foreign worker rules, Robert Piasentin was using specialized immigration law boutique firms to help the company he works for navigate the often perplexing world of immigration law.