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temporary foreign workers: Estimates of the exodus run into the tens of thousands but Ottawa won’t provide details, according to Toronto Star. As the rule of the four-year ban of re-entry rolled in Wednesday, the federal government warned temporary foreign workers who are due to leave that they will be dealt with swiftly if they try to go underground to avoid leaving Canada. Many low-skilled people who came to Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program are expected to leave the country beginning Wednesday as a result of a clampdown by the Conservative government. Let there be no mistake: We will not tolerate people going ‘underground.’ Flouting our immigration laws is not an option, and we will deal with offenders swiftly and fairly, Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre said in a statement. They are also barred from returning for four years under the 4-in-4-out rule. The low-skilled workers are losing their work permits under a policy introduced on April 1, 2011 that requires any temporary foreign workers who have been here for four years to leave. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.