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workers: But its desire to protect Canadian jobs for Canadians was led by some spectacular, isolated examples of employers abusing the program, according to Brandon Sun. And that a shame because the new restrictions on how many, and how long, foreign recruits can work in Canada are posing real consequences for some industries in Manitoba, and the province vaunted immigrant program, which works at turning many of the workers into permanent residents quickly. It clamped down on the temporary foreign worker program that was funnelling thousands more foreign employees into Canadian workplaces — tripling to more than 300,000 since 2002. In fact, since 2005, 8,482 such workers in different sectors have become permanent residents in Manitoba. Many work in corporate or academic positions for shorter terms. In 2014 alone, 4,254 workers were hired from other countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.