Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada: Through the end of March, the number admitted was up by more than 6 per cent compared with the same period the year before, to 14,216, according to preliminary estimates from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The continued growth in this section of the program, after a suite of reforms in 2013, may have influenced the governments decision to announce strict new rules four months ago, changes that have brought criticism from business groups concerned they ll be unable to meet their labour needs, according to Globe and Mail. Employment Minister Jason Kenney announced in June that his department would no longer process applications from employers if the regional unemployment rate in their place of business exceeds 6 per cent. That 6-per-cent threshold, however, does not reflect the high levels of unemployment on First Nations reserves because Statscans Labour Force Survey excludes people living on reserves and The number of low-skill temporary foreign workers entering Canada continued to grow in the first quarter of 2014 despite government efforts to reduce the impact of the controversial program. Some low-skill temporary workers are employed in the hospitality and food-service sector, and their presence has proved contentious when they ve been hired in areas of high unemployment or when they ve replaced Canadians. A investigation recently found temporary foreign workers TFWs employed by a cafeteria owner on an Alberta First Nation reserve where estimates suggest seven in 10 people are out of work. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.