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Alberta labour group calls for end to temporary foreign workers program
CALGARY — Fraud charges against a Calgary woman who headed a group for foreign workers have the Alberta Federation of Labour calling on the government to scrap the Temporary Foreign […]
Read more »Fraud charges lead to new calls to scrap Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Lack of oversight will lead to more abuse of vulnerable workers, says AFL News that the former head of a group that acts as a broker for temporary foreign workers […]
Read more »Immigrants with assets make the perfect ‘recipe for unscrupulous folks’: agency director
Melissa Holman, 40, a pianist turned entrepreneur, has said on the website of the Temporary Foreign Workers Association of Canada that she was moved to help newcomers after a chance […]
Read more »Fraud allegations raise concerns over temporary foreign workers program
“We hear story after story from temporary foreign workers who have been denied the wages that they were promised,” said Gil McGowan with the AFL. “Wages deducted from their cheques […]
Read more »Labour federation critical of new rules that speed up hiring of foreign oilsands workers
Changes will depress all workers’ wages, union boss says Accelerated approvals for temporary foreign workers and provisions that allow employers to pay them up to 15 per cent less than […]
Read more »Alberta Workers Protest Jason Kenney’s Paycheque Rip-Off
Oil-sands workers to bear brunt of wage cuts, reveals AFL analysis of Temporary Foreign Worker Program changes Calgary – Alberta workers presented a torn-up paycheque to federal Immigration Minister Jason […]
Read more »Foreign workers ‘will hurt’ Alberta employees, labour leader says
CALGARY — Overreliance on temporary foreign workers to remedy Alberta’s labour shortages will hurt both domestic and imported workforces, local labour and immigration organizations said. The federal government introduced several […]
Read more »New rules allowing employers to pay Temporary Foreign Workers less than Canadians will drive wages down and “pit workers against workers”
AFL joins national coalition of labour, religious and immigrant groups in condemning Harper government’s new approach to TFWs New rules allowing employers to fast track Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) and […]
Read more »Short-term labour fix, or is it exploitation?
Barely two months after a British Columbia Supreme Court judge certified a $10-million class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 70 temporary foreign workers alleging flagrant violations of pay and […]
Read more »Alberta praises new foreign-worker rules
Canadian companies that want to bring in highly skilled foreign workers temporarily will be able to do so faster and pay them less under new federal immigration rules aimed at […]
Read more »Does temporary foreign workers program create second class of labourers?
Five years of dealing with temporary foreign workers affected Yessy Byl in a way she did not expect. There were the stories, from the more than 1,000 people she spoke […]
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2008 April Presentation House of Commons Standing Committee on Immigration
Read more »Unions decry temp worker rule changes
Union leaders in B.C. and Alberta are upset with changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program that reduces the time it takes for employers to hire skilled trades people, […]
Read more »Editorial: Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a necessary evil
The federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program has become a necessary evil, fraught with so many troubling issues that we must hold our nose while applauding changes announced to it this […]
Read more »Labour groups say foreign worker changes attack Canadian wages
EDMONTON – Labour groups are stepping up their attack on changes to regulations for temporary foreign workers, saying the adjustments will reduce wages for Canadians, make it tougher for union […]
Read more »Harper government puts profits ahead of Canadians
Changes to TFW program will allow employers to slash wages The federal government has put corporate profits ahead of the needs of Canadian workers with the changes to the Temporary […]
Read more »Federal government making it easier to hire temporary foreign workers
NISKU – Alberta businesses, frustrated by red tape and delays in hiring temporary foreign workers, got a break Wednesday from the federal government. Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane […]
Read more »Temporary foreign worker program brings more problems than solutions: AFL
At least one Alberta group isn’t happy with today’s changes to federal temporary foreign worker laws. The Alberta Federation of Labour says lowering the wages for the workers makes Alberta’s […]
Read more »Editorial: Helping foreign workers
Reducing immigration barriers is long overdue Immigration is the federal department most likely to be viewed as the stodgiest and burdened with the most cumbersome processes. This is not necessarily […]
Read more »Feds hope new program fills skilled trades void from abroad
CALGARY Ottawa has announced a new immigration program that it says will make it easier for Canadian business to hire the workers most urgently needed — skilled tradespeople. The new […]
Read more »Skilled tradespeople to get speedier immigration queue
With Alberta’s economy steaming ahead, industry leaders are welcoming a new federal immigration program designed to ease a shortage of skilled tradespeople. The federal government announced Tuesday it is creating […]
Read more »Proposed changes to Federal Skilled Worker Program gets nod from Canadian Construction Association
Proposed reforms to make Canada’s immigration system faster and more responsive are “bang on”, says one national construction association. In a recent speech to the National Metropolis Conference, Citizenship, Immigration […]
Read more »Industry looks for immigration reform
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) and a group of Alberta business associations are pushing for immigration reform to deal with a shortage of skilled labour. The initiatives are happening at […]
Read more »Alberta’s woes: too many jobs, not enough people to fill them
EDMONTON – With an unemployment rate of 4.9 percent, Alberta currently fares better than any other Canadian province. But despite being fairly insulated from the economic turmoil plaguing the rest […]
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