foreign worker: April 1 is the day that permits expire for temporary foreign workers who have been in Canada for more than four years, according to CBC. In Alberta alone, 10,000 temporary foreign workers have applied to stay in Canada Few provinces track complaints by temporary foreign workers Jason Kenney defends temporary foreign worker program reforms In 2011, the federal government changed the rules — giving TFWs in low-skilled jobs the option to either become permanent residents or leave the country. "When the workers started here, they had no idea that this was going to happen in the way that it unfolded," said Wong. You go to a Tim Hortons and all of sudden your lineup doubles," said Peter Wong of Caron & Partners LLP. Wong has dozens of clients who — come Wednesday — could be forced to get on a plane and go home. "They're scared; they can't sleep at night," said Wong. Calgary immigration lawyer Peter Wong has dozens of clients facing deportation April 1 when their four-year TFWs permit expires. While many of Wong clients have applied to stay in the province through the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program, he says it could take up to two years to process those requests. That will be too late for Michele Quiyan, who works at a fast-food restaurant in Calgary and sends almost her entire paycheque home to her family in Manila every month. "My son and husband were deeply dreaming about living here in Canada," a tearful Quiyan told CBC Calgary. We are still hopeful," said Sacluti. Her colleague Alvin Sacluti has been working in the city for nearly eight years and also faces deportation in the next few weeks. "We are still praying.
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