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Meanwhile, migrant workers providing in-home care for children, seniors and people with disabilities documented similar experiences, including overwork, loss of immigration status and a third of workers being denied the ability to leave their employer’s house at all since the start of the pandemic. Low-wage migrant workers are restricted to working for a single employer, which creates the enormous power imbalance that facilitates workplace exploitation. Their ability to remain in Canada is de...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Canada immigration authorities are moving to abolish the special Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) processing reserved for candidates in the owner/operator category. As of April 1, 2021, owner/operator candidates will be assessment on the same basis as other TFWP applicants. Currently, candidates in the category are exempt from the advertising and recruitment requirements for obtaining ...

Ottawa has set aside $2.18 million to support and to assist temporary foreign workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the agricultural sector. Funded by the Government of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the sum has been awarded to KAIROS Canada, a social justice organization that includes 10 Canadian churches and religious organizations. It consists of Indigenous, settlers and newcomers in Canada. The project targets the Maritimes and Ontario and will end on June 30...

Documentary review: Migrant Dreams Examining the world of migrant workers Set mainly in Leamington, Ont., Migrant Dreams follows the journey of Nanik as one of the many Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) migrants from Indonesia. Like many immigrants, she has temporarily left her home country to work for a company in Ontario. In the documentary, she is halfway through her two-year contract in working with one of the corporately owned greenhouses. According to the federal government website...

Two Southwestern Ontario politicians with different party affiliations found some common ground on the issues around Canada’s guest worker programs while…

Two Southwestern Ontario politicians with different party affiliations found some common ground on the issues around Canada’s guest worker programs while…

Islanders invited to weigh in on new legislation protecting temporary foreign workers The Prince Edward Island government is looking for input on a proposed Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act, after calls the last few years to create additional protections for TFWs. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2021 8:00 PM AT | Last Updated: January 23 Employers and recruiters of TFWs may be fined if they are found to be breaking rules, the province says. (CBC)

The majority of Canadians want to see temporary workers in the agricultural sector become permanent residents, according to a new survey. Nanos Research, a market and public opinion research firm held a random survey of 1,039 Canadians over the age of 18 between October 28 and November 1, this year. Results show more than eight in 10 Canadians would support a permanent immigration program for temporary foreign workers to remain in Canada. Support is strongest among Atlantic Provinces, and weake...

UFCW Canada is joined by Mexican officials in calling for increased protections for migrant farm workers TORONTO and MEXICO CITY, Dec. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) held a virtual press conference on Thursday, December 10 to present Mexican officials, policy leaders, and members of the media with the union’s a report, and to call for urgent reforms to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). At the conference, UFCW Canad...

Share: TORONTO and MEXICO CITY, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadas food workers union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), will be holding a virtual press conference in Mexico City tomorrow at the state legislature. The purpose of tomorrows press conference is to present Mexican officials, policy leaders, and members of the media with the unions 2020 Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canadareport. The 2020 report details the need for urgent reforms to the Temporary F...