Government Of Alberta Announces Plan To Restrict Access To The Temporary Foreign Worker Program

On June 29, 2020, the Government of Alberta announced its plan to reduce the occupations in which employers can hire temporary foreign workers under the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program (the "TFWP") as part of its larger Recovery Plan.

Further details on the Recovery Plan can be found in our Government of Alberta Announces Relaunch Grant and Recovery Plan blog.

Prior to COVID-19, the Government of Alberta had already identified 24 occupational categories under its TFWP "refusal to process list". If an Alberta employer sought to secure a Labour Market Impact Assessment ("LMIA") in relation to one of those listed occupations, the application would be refused for processing. A full list of the original 24 restricted occupations can be found here.