Why would Jason Kenney grant temporary foreign worker permits for McDonald’s?

Published April 7, 2014

Well, this is embarrassing for Employment Minister Jason Kenney: actual McJobs at McDonald’s are being filled by temporary foreign workers under a federal program that he pitches as necessary to address a skills shortage in Canada. The latest news, courtesy of CBC,show a McDonald’s franchisee successfully applied for temporary foreign worker permits at a location in […]

CFIB wins LOL award for griping about temporary foreign worker “red tape”

Published January 31, 2014

A business lobby group on Friday awarded the federal government’s embattled Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) with its Paperweight Award for “ridiculous rules and red tape.” The Canadian Federation of Independent Business, representing small- and medium-size businesses, says the TFWP is “maddening at the best of times.” And now, the government “has added new requirements, […]

Stephen Harper’s tough talk on temporary foreign workers falls apart in one graph

Published January 22, 2014

Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently delivered a scathing critique of the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program during a roundtable with members of the ethnic media in Vancouver, saying companies have been “abusing” the program and harming Canadian workers “only for the sake of the bottom line profit.” online pharmacy order phenergan online with best prices today […]

Is Harper really talking tough on temporary foreign workers?

Published January 15, 2014

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has delivered a scathing critique of the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker program, saying the government has been “assisting these companies to work around the marketplace in a way that disadvantaged Canadian workers only for the sake of the bottom line profit.” In an audio recording leaked Wednesday to a Vancouver newspaper […]

Why did Jason Kenney weaken temporary foreign worker rules?

Published January 3, 2014

After proposing tougher rules governing the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, the Conservative government has backtracked on one of the key proposals. The proposal, tabled in June, would have banned employers from accessing the TFW program if they were convicted of human trafficking or assaulting or uttering threats to an employee. This provision was dropped […]

A brief history of Jason Kenney’s Twitter tirades

Published November 20, 2013

Canada’s employment minister has been busy lately getting into spats on Twitter. On Tuesday, Jason Kenney got into trouble with his early morning anti-union dig. He deleted that post just 38 minutes after posting it. But there’s plenty remaining on his Twitter feed showing his antipathy for organized labour and its position on the controversial […]