{"id":143,"date":"2015-04-03T06:21:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T06:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2015-04-03T06:21:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T06:21:02","slug":"the-right-words-about-temporary-foreign-workers-hope-they-mean-what-they-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"The Right Words About Temporary Foreign Workers — Hope They Mean What They Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Right Words About Temporary Foreign Workers — Hope They Mean What They Say<\/span><\/h1>\n
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Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre are talking tough. This is April 1 and \u00a0cohort of Temporary Foreign Workers who came here four years ago must return home.<\/span><\/div>\n
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There has been much moaning and groaning from these not-so-temporary four year workers and from some greedy employers. To hear some Alberta employers howl, despite the economic downturn caused by slumping oil prices, you’d think they’d be unable to find a body to pour coffee, serve sandwiches or install a wire.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thus, the following statement is encouraging:<\/span><\/div>\n
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“<\/span>\u201cEmployers and foreign workers have known about the four-year time limit since 2011, when this policy was announced.<\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cEmployers have had four years to find alternative employees. Similarly, temporary foreign workers have had four years to pursue pathways to permanent residence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is exactly that \u2013 to be temporary. Canadians rightly expect to get first crack at available jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTemporary workers may wish to explore the many pathways to permanent residency we offer which are now delivered through Express Entry and Provincial Nominee Programs. We encourage foreign workers to apply through these streams so that they can contribute permanently to Canada\u2019s economy and to their communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut let there be no mistake: We will not tolerate people going \u2018underground.\u2019 Flouting our immigration laws is not an option, and we will deal with offenders swiftly and fairly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCanadians are welcoming and generous but we need to ensure that we\u2019re putting Canadians first and standing up against potential abuse of our immigration system.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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It’s not quite as hard line as it may sound. Note, however, there are paths —\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0the “Express Entry and Provincial Nominee Programmes” — for “temporary” foreign workers to hit the citizenship track.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Let’s hope that real enforcement — deportations and 10 year bans — will be employed on any of the temporary foreign workers who stay or go underground and heavy fines on any employer who employs them.<\/span><\/div>\n
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It’s time to Put Canada and Canadians First!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Paul Fromm<\/span><\/div>\n
Director<\/span><\/div>\n
CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE<\/span>
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Statement from Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre on the expiration of the four-year temporary work permits<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ottawa, April 1, 2015\u00a0\u2013 Canada\u2019s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre issued the following statement today on the expiration of the four-year work permits:<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployers and foreign workers have known about the four-year time limit since 2011, when this policy was announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployers have had four years to find alternative employees. Similarly, temporary foreign workers have had four years to pursue pathways to permanent residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is exactly that \u2013 to be temporary. Canadians rightly expect to get first crack at available jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTemporary workers may wish to explore the many pathways to permanent residency we offer which are now delivered through Express Entry and Provincial Nominee Programs. We encourage foreign workers to apply through these streams so that they can contribute permanently to Canada\u2019s economy and to their communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut let there be no mistake: We will not tolerate people going \u2018underground.\u2019 Flouting our immigration laws is not an option, and we will deal with offenders swiftly and fairly.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanadians are welcoming and generous but we need to ensure that we\u2019re putting Canadians first and standing up against potential abuse of our immigration system.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For further information (media only), please contact:<\/h2>\n

Kevin Menard
\nMinister Alexander\u2019s Office
\n613-954-1064<\/a><\/p>\n

Media Relations
\nCommunications Branch
\nCitizenship and Immigration Canada
\n613-952-1650<\/a>
\nCIC-Media-Relations@cic.gc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Right Words About Temporary Foreign Workers — Hope They Mean What They Say \u00a0 Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre are talking tough. This is April 1 and \u00a0cohort of Temporary Foreign Workers who came here four years ago must return home. \u00a0 There has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}