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Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Temporary Foreign Worker Program: "We have put in place a moratorium on the food services sectors access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program until we finalize our reforms in a few weeks," Employment Minister Jason Kenney said during question period in Ottawa on Monday. Temporary Foreign Worker Program sanctions Nova Scotia trucking company Temporary Foreign Worker Program sanctions target 3 employers Temporary Foreign Worker Program for fast-food sector suspended by Ottawa , according to CBC. But Kenney said employers should make a greater effort to hire Canadians first, noting that youth unemployment in Quebec is at 14 per cent and that the unemployment rate for immigrants in Quebec is at 20 per cent. The federal government says a temporary ban on the fast-food sector access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will not be lifted until a review of the program is complete, which should take a few weeks. The Quebec government called on Ottawa earlier Monday to lift the ban in la belle province, where no instance of alleged abuse of the program has been found to date. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.