Major Changes Expected in Temporary Foreign Workers Program of Canada

Major changes to the current regulation in Foreign Temporary Workers Program (TFWP) are expected as government ministers of Canada meet to respond to committee’s report. A House of Commons committee was given the task to recommend any changes that are required to be made in the TFWP.

In the report submitted by committee some changes have been recommended such as making it easy for temporary foreign workers in Canada to become permanent resident of Canada. It has also been recommended by the committee to change the rule wherein a foreign worker was allowed to work with only one employer.

This rule gives undue power to the employer and as such, it has been found that foreign workers are being exploited and abused in majority of the cases. An employer who maintains a proper track record after hiring a foreign worker will be put in ‘trusted employer program’.

If the recommendations are put into force, then a temporary foreign worker will not be forced to leave Canada after the completion of four years.

After the report was put forward by the committee, the immigration minister of Canada, John McCallum and the minister of employment, workforce development and labor, Maryann Mihychuk, stated that the recommendations will be put into force within the legislative time period of 120 days.

Making changes in the regulation and putting them into force will not be a difficult task for the present government of Canada as the Liberal party has clear cut majority in the House and also in the committee.

The present government had promised these changes when it took to office and were long awaited. As and when these changes are put into force it will become easy for temporary workers to become the permanent resident of Canada.

Above all, these foreign workers will not be exploited by the employers. It will also become easy for an employer to hire a temporary foreign worker.

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