Wayne Mills and North American Free Trade Agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement: The union contends Canadians lost employment when border agents, whose job it was to scrutinize the qualifications of eight workers, granted them visas earlier this year under a provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to CTV. Mills said the intra-company transfer program has cracks bigger than the former version of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which the federal government overhauled last week after ongoing revelations that it was prone to breaches and - A British Columbia trade union is challenging a series of work permits issued to American citizens for a power project in the province north, arguing it has uncovered yet another glaring example of a foreign-worker loophole the government must tie up to protect jobs. The process is flawed and skirts the channels through which foreign workers are properly allowed to enter the country, said Wayne Mills, president of International Union of Operating Engineers local 115. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.