Briefing Note: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada: On May 29, 2012, the deputy minister for Human Resources and Skills Development Canada wrote a briefing note to the minister, Diane Finley, which cited four examples in which there was deemed to be a "disconnect" between the temporary foreign worker and employment insurance programs, according to CBC. One example cited in the briefing note revealed that "in January 2012, Albertan employers received positive confirmation for 1,261 TFW Temporary Foreign Worker positions for food counter attendants. At the same time, nearly 350 people made a claim for EI who had cited significant experience in the same occupation and province. JOBS Where Canada's job vacancies are - and aren't The minister responsible for the temporary foreign worker program was told last year that employers were hiring temporary foreign workers in the same jobs and same locations as Canadians who were collecting employment insurance, News has learned. The briefing note was obtained by 's Power Politics under the Access to Information Law. Foreign worker program gets new rules, higher fees Insiders say Canada 'scammed' by foreign worker industry RBC replaces Canadian staff with foreign workers (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.