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TORONTO - As hotel and restaurant owners increasingly turn to temporary foreign workers to fill labour gaps, there are growing calls to give those workers more paths to permanent residency.

As hotel and restaurant owners increasingly turn to temporary foreign workers to fill labour gaps, there are growing calls to give those workers more paths to permanent residency.

As hotel and restaurant owners increasingly turn to temporary foreign workers to fill labour gaps, there are growing calls to give those workers more paths to permanent residency.

Temporary foreign worker permits are usually tied to the employer that brought them into the country, making workers reluctant to report abuses.

Faced with a pandemic-induced labour shortage, businesses in Alberta's Rocky Mountain tourist hot spots have been allowed to dramatically boost the number of temporary foreign workers they hire to fill low-wage positions. The easing of hiring limits isn't confined to Alberta but applies across the country.

Housing advocates and Island politicians are raising concerns after part of an apartment building in Alberton was deemed unsafe and around two dozen tenants were forced out.

On May 19, 2023 the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and Dr. Alfred N. Mutua, Kenyas Cabinet Secretary for Foreign

There is way more demand for positions that need little education than available people

Mutua said insights on how foreign nationals can apply to the programs will also be availed.