Employment Insurance EI: The Temporary Foreign Worker

Federal Government Dept: Union representatives held a news conference in Ottawa to shed light on the impact on workers of far-reaching changes to Employment Insurance EI and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program buried in the federal government s controversial budget legislation, according to The Star. He said the main thrust of the budget changes is to help business and oTTAWA At the heart of the Harper government s 2012 budget is a pay-less wage model that is unfair to temporary workers from abroad and is designed to provide business with a pool of low-paid employees across Canada, labour activists said Tuesday. Employers will benefit by having a pliable workforce available at a moment s notice, commented Naveen Mehta, general counsel and director of human rights with United Food and Commercial Workers Canada UFCW . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.