From doggie spas to oil companies, employers have been given the green light to hire
temporary foreign workers even in regions of the country struggling with joblessness, including the Maritimes and southwestern Ontario, and in sectors where there is no apparent lack of domestic candidates.
Not exact matches
There is an
even split in opinion between those who agree
temporary foreign workers should seek citizenship (45 %) and those who disagree (46 %).
Canadian unions have begun flexing their muscles in areas previously outside their range — standing up for non-unionized
temporary foreign workers at Tim Hortons in B.C. and
even, through Unifor, the country's largest union, opening a form of membership to everyone from part - time
workers to the unemployed.
There is no guarantee that the construction
workers will be from BC (or
even Canada, considering the
temporary foreign workers scandals) or that the company will buy materials here.
Indeed, James Moore was so eager to pronounce this hypocrisy — apparently related to the
temporary foreign workers program — that the Heritage Minister did not
even wait for Mr. Trudeau to ask a question this afternoon before doing so.
Last month, the feds
even opened special immigration offices in Calgary and Vancouver to help employers cut through the red - tape in hiring
temporary foreign workers.
The headline is tongue - in - cheek because really, the first step towards «fixing» immigration is to realize the immigration program as a whole, and
even our
temporary foreign worker program, in part, are not necessarily broken.
Employers have used the Internet, recruiters, and other mechanisms to fill these types of roles for many years and have depended on the flexibility of the
temporary foreign worker program to bring in
workers in a fast and efficient manner (
even when the program has failed to provide fast or efficient service).
And yet, migrant
workers who come to Canada under Canada's
temporary foreign worker program, especially low - skilled streams, will tell you again and again that they are paying fees, thousands or
even tens of thousands of dollars, for the promise of a low - paid, precarious job in Canada.
As Canada's population of newcomers continues to increase (including immigrants,
temporary foreign workers, and
even undocumented
workers), language barriers must be addressed in order to ensure access to justice.
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.