Foreign Workers

• Saskatchewan cracks down on foreign worker exploitation

  The first conviction under FWRISA has some experts saying there is a larger pattern of employers abusing foreign workers programs.

  Canada

  Aug 26
  
• Saskatchewan eatery owner pleads guilty to charging employee to work for them

  Guac Mexi Grill in Moose Jaw was investigated for requiring a foreign worker to pay $12,000 between August 2023 and February 2024 to keep their job.

  Crime

  Aug 14
  
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• Rural B.C. communities ask province to support foreign worker program changes

  Leaders in some of British Columbia's rural communities are calling on the province to support changes to the temporary foreign worker program.

  Politics

  Apr 17
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• Quebec company charged with hiring 21 unauthorized foreign workers

  The Canada Border Services Agency says charges have been laid against a Quebec company that hired several unauthorized foreign workers.

  Crime

  Feb 27
• Union warns of possible foreign worker exploitation on St. Paul’s Hospital build

  Sheck said there were between 10 and 15 workers from the Philippines, who were in the country on tourist and student visas, and who were being paid below market rates.

  Economy

  May 22, 2025
• Alberta government cancels foreign worker recruitment trip to United Arab Emirates

  Immigration Minister Muhammad Yaseen says he decided to cancel the trip after reviewing its purpose.

  Politics

  Dec 9, 2024
• Visitors can no longer apply for work permits while in Canada

  The federal government ended the COVID-19-era policy that was introduced to help visitors who couldn’t leave the country due to pandemic-related travel restrictions.

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2024
• ‘I expected better’: B.C. temporary foreign worker says he was exploited

  Ariefs, who Global News is not identifying because he fears retaliation or speaking out, came to Canada after seeing a job with Concord Wall Painting advertised in a YouTube ad.

  Politics

  Aug 29, 2024
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• Foreign workers seek Canadian government protection

  With Mexican music blasting and people dancing, the party atmosphere at a downtown Montreal protest Wednesday belied the serious concern among many of the participants.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2023
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• Airline caterer named in Quebec class action denies exploiting foreign workers

  The company is named in an application for a class-action lawsuit that alleges more than 400 people were lured to Canada under false premises by a Montreal-area placement agency.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2023