Canada’s foreign worker boom
Since 2006, Canada's low-wage temporary workforce population has ballooned by 70 per cent
View ArticleMining firm sends 16 Chinese workers home, delays hiring more workers in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Sixteen temporary employees at a controversial coal mine in northern B.C. are...
View ArticleRejected miner had 30 years experience, say unions after reviewing resumes
VANCOUVER – A mining company that was granted permits to bring 201 temporary foreign...
View ArticleMining firm rejects union claims Canadians were qualified for B.C. coal project
VANCOUVER – The company under fire for hiring temporary foreign workers for a northern...
View ArticleTories reverse course on foreign worker program after public outcry
OTTAWA – After weeks of public outcry over the scarcity of Canadian jobs, the...
View ArticleFederal Court dismisses union challenge against B.C. foreign workers
VANCOUVER – Two unions may have lost a Federal Court battle disputing a mining...
View ArticleOttawa to charge firms $275 fee on temporary foreign worker applications
OTTAWA – The Harper government says it has further tightened the rules governing its...
View ArticleFilling the labour gaps
Why relying on immigration as a quick fix for the skilled labour shortage may end up hurting immigrants and employers alike
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Ottawa’s foreign-worker program reform fails to calm B.C. debate
Employment Minister Jason Kenney, left, and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander are seen in a reflection at a news conference in Ottawa on Friday, June 20, 2014 on reforms to the Temporary Foreign...
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