Toronto Star: Ontario Growers

Human Resources Minister Diane Finley Dept: The Toronto Star also reported that 2,200 general farm workers in Ontario submitted EI claims, while Ontario growers received 1,500 permits to hire foreign farm labour, according to The Star. Conservatives have tried the tactic of pitting Canadians against foreign workers before. Ontarians remember this attempt as so-called farmfare. The latest attempt by the Conservative government to reform employment insurance reached a low point when Human Resources Minister Diane Finley said that she wants to make sure that the McDonald s of the world aren t having to bring in temporary foreign workers to do jobs that Canadians who are on EI have the skills to do. By pitting some of the most vulnerable Canadian workers against foreign labour, Finley is preparing us to compete in a race to the bottom. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.