{"id":9704,"date":"2014-05-11T18:59:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T10:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2014-05-11T18:59:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T10:59:39","slug":"liberals-propose-five-point-plan-to-fix-temporary-foreign-worker-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/11\/liberals-propose-five-point-plan-to-fix-temporary-foreign-worker-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals propose five point plan to fix temporary foreign worker program"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Mr Minhas was a great man who supported me in all elections since 2000. With family and photo of him, Justin and me <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Ch5aSdNIVr\">pic.twitter.com\/Ch5aSdNIVr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John McCallum (@JohnMcCallumMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMcCallumMP\/statuses\/465317688051396608\">May 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">OTTAWA &#8212; The Liberals are proposing a series of fixes to Ottawa&#8217;s troubled temporary foreign worker program as fresh allegations of abuse emerge almost daily.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">MP John McCallum, the party&#8217;s immigration critic, proposes five reforms to the program that focus partly on better monitoring of employers who apply to bring in foreigners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">He adds that the government should scale the program back and focus on its original purpose &#8212; to fill labour shortages when there is a legitimate need.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, a spate of allegations suggests some companies are turning to the program in sectors and regions of the country where there are no labour shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Helicopter pilots, waitresses and mall workers are among those who have stepped forward to complain.<\/p>\n<p>Employment Minister Jason Kenney has pledged to lower the boom on those abusing the program and has already banned restaurants from applying for temporary foreign workers.<\/p>\n<p>New rule changes are expected soon, including beefing up the auditing powers of federal inspectors.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum points out that between 2005 and 2012, the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada more than doubled.<\/p>\n<p>He wants the government to tighten the so-called labour market opinion process. Employers must apply for a positive labour market opinion if they want to hire a foreigner on a temporary basis.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum also repeated his demand for a review by the auditor general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Minhas was a great man who supported me in all elections since 2000. With family and photo of him, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6],"tags":[2584,2583],"class_list":["post-9704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-immigration","tag-temporary-foreign-workers","tag-tfw","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}