Canada Cracks Down on Abuse of Temporary Foreign Worker Program

April 2014POEA MARKET UPDATE NO. 08-14CANADA CRACKS DOWN ON ABUSE OF TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAMThe Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenny announced the government's publication of a list of employers whose Labour Market Opinions (LMOs) were revoked or suspended following the recent changes in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) allowing the government to suspend or revoke the LMOs of employers found to be, or suspected to be, non-compliant with the program requirements. Under the changes in the TFWP, a revoked LMO can no longer be used by a temporary foreign worker to obtain work permit from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). A suspended LMO meanwhile cannot be used by a temporary foreign worker to obtain work permit from CIC until a thorough investigation has been done. Any employer with a suspended LMO, who is found to have violated the rules of the TFWP following the investigation, will have its LMO revoked. The CIC may also revoke any obtaining work permits.As announced in its 2014 Economic Action Plan, the government is continuing to take...