Ottawa right to suspend TFWP in fast food sector: Georgetti says employers abusing migrant worker program
April 25, 2014
OTTAWA ― The Canadian Labour Congress says the federal government has done the right thing in suspending use of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) for employers in the fast-food restaurant sector. “These employers have been abusing the TFWP and it is high time that the government took action,” says CLC president Ken Georgetti. “My question is why it took…
CLC wants full review of TFWP: Georgetti comments on hiring practices at McDonald’s franchises
April 17, 2014
OTTAWA ― The President of the Canadian Labour Congress has called for a “full, open and transparent review” of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) in the wake of media stories describing hiring and staffing practices at a number of McDonald’s restaurants. “The labour movement has been saying for years that the TFWP is being abused by employers,” says CLC…
Response to the Proposed Regulatory Changes Amending the Immigration and Refugee Act as it Relates to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
January 21, 2014
Introductory comments Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is seriously broken. The proposed regulatory changes do not go far enough to address the TFWP shortcomings. The programs have grown to epic proportions with no meaningful oversight or authentic measures to hold employers, labour brokers or immigration consultants accountable. The program is serving as a wage suppression and displacement tool, negatively…
How the Conservatives expanded the temporary worker pipeline
January 20, 2014
For decades, Canada has relied on migrant workers to help develop the economy. Many come through the government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). This program was intended to fill very specific jobs on a short term basis—jobs that required workers and skills that did not exist in the country. But since 2006, the Harper government has made it much…
Tinkering won’t fix TFWP’s flaws: Georgetti on changes to foreign worker program
August 9, 2013
OTTAWA ― The Conservative government’s announced reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) amount to tinkering and fail to address fundamental flaws with the program, says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress. “The government is trying to patch gaping holes in the integrity of the TFWP with half-hearted reforms,” says Georgetti, “but this falls far short of…
Migrant workers account for most new jobs: CLC has crunched numbers between 2008-2011
May 10, 2013
OTTAWA ― New research conducted by the Canadian Labour Congress shows that in recent years migrant workers are filling most of the new jobs created in the Canadian economy. “Roughly 75% of the new jobs created in Canada in 2010 and 2011 were filled by temporary foreign workers despite the fact that 1.4 million Canadian residents were unemployed,” says Ken…
Migrant workers account for most new jobs: CLC has crunched numbers between 2008-2011
May 10, 2013
OTTAWA ― New research conducted by the Canadian Labour Congress shows that in recent years migrant workers are filling most of the new jobs created in the Canadian economy. “Roughly 75% of the new jobs created in Canada in 2010 and 2011 were filled by temporary foreign workers despite the fact that 1.4 million Canadian residents were unemployed,” says Ken…
CLC says changes to TFWP require enforcement: For too long government failed to consult
April 30, 2013
OTTAWA ― The president of the Canadian Labour Congress acknowledges changes that the Conservative government has made to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) but says those changes highlight the consequences of the government’s failure to properly consult and listen to stakeholders when developing policy and legislation in the first place. Ken Georgetti was responding to an announcement made on…
The Royal Bank of Canada is abusing the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to the detriment of both migrant and national workers, says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress. Georgetti was responding to news that 45 existing RBC employees, who will soon be displaced, are having to train migrant workers from abroad to do their information technology jobs. The…
CLC makes Access to Info request on TFWP: Ottawa has not fulfilled Auditor General’s request
April 10, 2013
OTTAWA ― The Canadian Labour Congress will make an Access to Information request for all documents related to the federal government’s compliance with a 2009 Auditor General’s report regarding the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). “The Conservative government is allowing employers to abuse the TFWP to the detriment of both migrant and Canadian workers,” says Ken Georgetti, CLC president. “The…