EDMONTON – Alberta’s temporary foreign worker program has no oversight and is mired in so much bureaucracy that employers are allowed to treat hopeful immigrants like indentured labour. That’s what […]

EDMONTON – Gil McGowan would say Puneet Puneet is an example of what’s wrong with Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program, which he says is not only exploitive but a clear […]

Anyone working for minimum wage will be glad to know they’re getting a raise, but employers might find their payroll getting tighter as they have to raise wages across the […]

Temporary foreign workers infected with scabies, but still made to work was just one horror story related to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. The committee […]

On April 1, Alberta’s minimum wage increased from $8 to $8.40 per hour. In June 2007 the Alberta government announced the increase to minimum wage would be based on the […]

When people find out they are going to be making more money, it is usually cause for celebration. The recent increase of Alberta’s minimum wage however, has launched a new […]