Employment and Social Development Canada's Questions and Answers for Moratorium on the Food Services Sector's Access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)

June 17, 2014POEA MARKET UPDATE NO. 11-14EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA'S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR MORATORIUM ON THE FOOD SERVICES SECTOR'S ACCESS TO THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM (TFWP)Pursuant to the moratorium of the Canadian Federal Employment Ministry on the food services sector's access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program that took effect on 24 April 2014, the Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) issued pertinent Questions and Answers (Q & A) related to the said moratorium. POLO-Toronto emphasized items of the Q & A for the information of Canada bound workers, to wit:"3) Does this moratorium affect temporary foreign workers already in Canada or about to come to Canada?Temporary foreign workers already in Canada who have a valid work permit issued under a Food Services Sector LMO may continue working as per their present work permit conditions.Temporary foreign workers who have been approved for a work permit by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) but have not yet arrived in Canada will not be affected. They will remain eligible for a work permit at a...