Language Proficiency

language proficiency: The new rules, which build on measures announced in April, include additional restrictions on what language proficiency employers can request, broader requirements to advertise job openings and a new questionnaire that tries to ferret out whether a firm is seeking to replace existing Canadian workers. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Qualified Canadians, including new Canadians, should have first crack at available jobs," Immigration Minister Chris Alexander who made the announcement jointly with Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney said in a statement Wednesday. OTTAWA - The Harper government says it has further tightened the rules governing its controversial temporary foreign worker program, confirming it will charge employers $275 for each application they make. The changes took effect on July 31, but do not affect the seasonal agricultural worker program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.