In light of the recent changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker
(TFW) program, contributors from the Maytree Foundation and the
Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto's School of Public
Policy and Governance are looking for solutions to ensure the TFW
program is used appropriately.
Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney recently
announced a number of systematic changes to the TFW program,
partially as a result of controversy over the program in recent
months. The
changes to the program include a revamped Labour Marke Impact
Assessment (LMIA) process for identifying when it is necessary to
hire foreign workers, increased penalties for abuse of the TFW
program, and restricted access for employers to ensure that
temporary foreign workers are used only as a last and limited
resort.
