A House of Commons committee is calling for sweeping changes to the controversial temporary foreign workers program, including a faster path for citizenship for those with long-term work permits.

With Parliament poised to look at changes to how temporary foreign workers are treated, people who came as live-in caregivers are speaking out about what they call injustices within the federal programs.

The federal government says it will bring in legislation to allow it to impose heavy penalties on firms that abuse the temporary foreign worker program.