Tag: Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Federal Government Brags Agri-Food Workers’ Pay Among Lowest in Industrialized World

Published July 29, 2019 Analysis

The federal government brags Canada's agri-food workers slave away at the "second lowest costs" in the G7

UCP Candidate Accused of Abusing Labour Laws and Housing Temporary Foreign Workers in Dark Basement

Published February 5, 2019 New

“I felt I was lied to, got used and emotionally abused,” former temporary foreign worker says in sworn statement

Conservative changes to TFW program leaves workers vulnerable to “widespread exploitation”: report

Published June 9, 2016

Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program is leaving low-wage migrant workers even more precarious situation than before the former Conservative government announced changes in 2014.

Jason Kenney ignored warning over unreliability of online job ads: internal doc

Published August 7, 2014

Employment Minister Jason Kenney continued to tout online job advertisements as a great way to measure Canada’s job vacancy rate even though he had been warned of their unreliability, an internal memo shows. The briefing note, obtained by PressProgress under access to information law, was drafted by departmental bureaucrats following the release of the federal budget. […]

Just how low does Canadian Taxpayers Federation want to drive down EI eligibility?

Published July 8, 2014

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to cut off even more unemployed workers from Employment Insurance benefits to solve Canada’s problems with the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. “Let’s clarify straight away what the debate surrounding the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is really about. This isn’t about Canada not having enough workers […]

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