Foreign Workers

foreign workers: But he might soon have to leave Canada. , according to CBC. The federal government introduced new rules last June barring employers from hiring low-wage temporary foreign workers in regions where the unemployment rate is above six per cent, and requiring employers to cap the number of foreign workers they hire at 10 per cent by 2016. David Gutierrez moved from the Philippines to Pictou, N.S., five years ago and landed a job at a Subway restaurant. Since then, he worked his way up to manager and handles all aspects of the business, from making sandwiches to managing inventory to scheduling employees. The federal government is refusing to renew his temporary foreign worker permit, following a crackdown last year on the program to cut the number of such workers in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.