Tag: TFW

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.

Internal doc: Jason Kenney knew airlines were flying around TFW rules

Published May 6, 2014

Jason Kenney’s department permitted airlines to hire foreign pilots under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program after acknowledging carriers were sidestepping “requirements and guidance,” an internal memo says. “Requiring Sunwing and Canjet to change too quickly may put these Canadian companies at risk,” Employment Minister Jason Kenney was advised last October in a memo from […]

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