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The Economist on Temporary Foreign Workers

Date

2007-11-22

Auteurs

Erin Weir

Éditeur

The Progressive Economics Forum

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Today’s edition of The Economist magazine includes a good article on temporary foreign workers in Canada. It extensively quotes Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour.

The present regime allows employers to import workers from abroad without seriously demonstrating the unavailability of Canadian workers for the job. Once the foreign workers are in Canada, it is easy for employers to pay them less and treat them worse than citizens or landed immigrants. This system exploits migrants and undermines conditions for Canadian workers.

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Sensibilisation du public et Chercheurs

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Fédéral et National relevance

Sphères d’activité

Économie et Science politique

Langues

Anglais