The B.C. government is opting in to a recent policy change by Ottawa, allowing rural employers to retain existing low-wage temporary foreign workers beyond the 10 per cent cap for another year.
However, B.C. will not be adopting a second federal policy change, which would allow rural employers to increase their allowable share of temporary workers to 15 per cent.
Speaking in question period on Monday, Post Secondary Education and Future Skills Minister Jessie Sunner said B.C. went with the first option to address labour challenges businesses are facing.
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But she said the program also has problems and that closed work permits, which restrict temporary foreign workers to one employer, can lead to exploitation.
“These are individuals that are coming here to support our economy,” Sunner said.
“We need to ensure we’re doing everything to support them. We do need to reform the program. We can’t just have one-off extensions. We need to reform the program and that is why our government is advocating to the federal government regularly to say that we need to have greater control over the economic immigration that we have in our province.”
Seasonal, short-term and primary agriculture positions will remain exempt from the temporary foreign worker caps.
What ever JV your opinion holds absolutely no merit whatsoever.
You’ve just descended into a ranting and raving racist lunatic, who has shown us the true colours of the FNs.
Keep up the good work!
i think it’s funny we say we can’t increase the cap from 10% to 15% because that would be exploitation. it’s exploitation either way!
Hey “white people invented racism”. Just curious, are you a business owner offering minimum wage and thinks there is a labour shortage, or are you just totally brainwashed and delusional?
Hey “White People Invented Racism ”
Stuff one of Trudeau’s socks in it.
Thanks.
Doug Brekfaust – Nobody gives a sh1t about what you have to say. You’re just rambling on about a bunch of nonsense just like every other anti-immigrant rant that you post on here. Canada is an equal opportunity country regardless of where these people come from or what job they’re doing. People like you don’t get to decide which job is legitimate or not. Keep pretending like your opinion is worth something because it’s not. BTW I’m just curious Doug which country did your relatives immigrate to Canada from?
As long as we have an actual skill set shortage I have no problem with this. Wherever they come from! Take our Philippino care workers. That industry would fall over without them
What we don’t need is a false industry (students visa these PR visa factory schools) or false cheap labour force supporting extend family businesses exclusively.
If you pay enough someone will do it.
The TFW / LMIA scams / mass imports of low wage people from you know which country is nothing more than modern slavery.
no thanks