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Fast-food chains and convenience stores are using a loophole in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program to keep labour costs down, says an Alberta labour group.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/04/09/edmonton-foreign-workers-fast-food.html

Tim Hortons franchisees have been hiring temporary foreign workers since 2005, but Cygal stressed they do so only after exhausting their options locally.

Jen can’t find work but …. http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Fastfood+chains+abusing+foreign+workers+program+says+labour/8219136/story.html

Apr. 9, 2013
10:31 AM
Abuse

Capgemini wanted to shift the entire IT department of Ontario Power Generation (nuclear) to India. The OPG union faught them and won. It’s not just the jobs at stake; imagine all our nuclear information sitting on some servers in central Asia. One requires a security clearance to work in OPG’s IT dept and with no security clearances necessary in India. What could go right?

Noah Waile

She died a frail old woman, and celebrating the death of any person is unclassy, but to a large proportion of those who lived in Britain in the 80s, she was so reviled that five year olds knew her name and sung about how much they hated her while skipping.

mippy – http://www.metafilter.com/126811/The-Iron-Lady-has-rusted-away#4910788

It’s odd, ATOS had only recently declared her fit to return to the Lords front bench.

jaduncan – http://www.metafilter.com/126811/The-Iron-Lady-has-rusted-away#4910627

However, it is against federal rules for any company to bring foreign workers into Canada temporarily if it will put citizens out of work.

“The rules are very clear. You cannot displace Canadians to hire people from abroad,” said Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.

Let’s see some fines Jason!

Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take over the work of their department.

CBC