Foreign Worker Program Changes a ‘Public Relations Exercise’: Migrant Coalition

Foreign worker program changes a ‘public relations exercise’: migrant coalition

A national group led by migrant workers and their allies is calling out a new proposal for the federal government’s temporary foreign workers program, saying it repackages old problems as solutions and ignores the real reforms workers say they need.

Migrant Workers Say Program Changes Would Hurt, Not Help | South Asian Post | Indo Canadian newspaper - Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Brampton, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal

By Isaac Phan Nay Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ottawa is considering changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program that migrant workers say would reduce their income. In internal documents provided to The Tyee, Employment and Social Development Canada proposed changing how migrant workers in the agriculture and fishing sectors are paid, housed and brought into the country. The changes include the creation of a new type of work permit t…