Canadian Workers: Controversial Reforms

controversial reforms: In a reversal of some controversial reforms to the program, the government said it will temporarily suspend the accelerated labour market opinion process that allowed some companies to fast-track the hiring of workers from abroad, according to CTV. Current rules allow businesses to pay foreign employees up to 15 per cent below the prevailing wage for certain types of jobs, as long as Canadian workers doing the same job in the same geographic region were earning the same and The federal government plans to tighten up the temporary foreign workers program with new legislation that would require businesses to hire employees from abroad as a last resort. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney also announced that employers will no longer have flexibility to set the wages for foreign workers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.