Temporary Foreign Workers

• WestJet walks back plans to hire temporary foreign workers as pilots

  WestJet won't be hiring temporary foreign workers as pilots, the company said Thursday, citing "economic uncertainty"

  Canada

  Apr 17
  
• Banff, Lake Louise businesses say TFW program changes will lead to closures

  Hundreds of hospitality workers are set to leave Alberta's resort towns of Banff and Lake Louise after changes to the federal government's temporary foreign worker program.

  Economy

  Feb 28
  
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• Okanagan winery banned from hiring foreign workers

  A B.C. organization that helps migrant workers says it's been contacted by employees of an Okanagan winery that has been banned from hiring temporary foreign workers and fined.

  Lifestyle

  Jan 8
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• B.C. restaurateur warns of ‘$30 burgers’ as temporary foreign worker program changes

  The federal changes will bar low-wage temporary foreign workers in regions with an unemployment rate over six per cent, while raising the minimum pay rate for high-wage workers.

  Politics

  Nov 7, 2024
• Minimum wage for higher-paid temporary foreign workers expected to increase

  The federal government is expected to boost the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to temporary foreign workers in the high-wage stream, an official says.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2024
• ‘We are not taking jobs from Canadians’: Temporary foreign worker on her life in N.B.

  A woman from Jamaica is speaking out on the harsh working conditions she says she's faced as a temporary foreign worker in New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2024
• Burger King wants a manager for $48K. Experts say foreign workers aren’t the answer

  A Toronto-area Burger King can't fill a manager position, raising questions about the pay it's offering — and whether the temporary foreign workers program is suppressing wages.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2024
• Ottawa will cut back again on international students with 2025 cap

  Last month, the federal government said it would limit the number of temporary foreign workers a business can hire in areas with an unemployment rate of six per cent or higher.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2024
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• Quebec court authorizes temporary foreign worker class action on closed permits

  The lawsuit argues that closed permits for temporary foreign workers in Canada violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2024
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• ‘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