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Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Federal Moratorium

federal moratorium: The province is seeking an exemption to a federal moratorium so restaurants in the province can hire such workers, according to Times Colonist. The federal minister pointed out that 14 per cent of Quebec youth are unemployed as are 20 per cent of new arrivals to the province and Quebec just has to hire its own youth and unemployed instead of relying on temporary foreign workers, federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney said Monday. Kenney told the Commons the moratorium was imposed to protect Canadians who are looking for work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.