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   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On 21/06/2014 5:10 PM,  (ಠ_ಠ)Раиса wrote:   
   > Because Kenney is just 'phasing in' restrictions, it will be difficult   
   > to tell. It should have an impact on YOUTH unemployment first.   
   >   
   > If Kenney was serious about protecting Canadian jobs, he wouldn't be   
   > allowing corporations to park their asses in Canada to benefit from tax   
   > breaks, while bringing in their foreign worker staff with them as their   
   > labour force.   
   >   
   > And get his disingenuous comment on the 'program was opened up in 2002'.   
   > That program had a small number of temporary workers come into Canada   
   > for short terms only:   
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   >   
   > In 2002, the federal Liberal government introduced the Low Skill Pilot   
   > Project allowing companies to apply to bring in temporary foreign   
   > workers to fill low skill jobs. The classification of “low skill” means   
   > that workers require no more than high school or two years of   
   > job-specific training to qualify.   
   >   
   > In 2006, the federal Conservatives expanded the list of occupations that   
   > qualified for the Low Skill Pilot Project and increased the speed of   
   > processing applications.   
   >   
   > In April 2012, the government introduced the Accelerated Labour Market   
   > Opinion. The ALMO for those employers that had been issued a LMO in the   
   > previous two years, only applied to high skilled TFW and operated as a   
   > fast-tracked LMO.   
   > By the end of 2012, there were over 340,000 workers in the TFWP residing   
   > in Canada. The majority of the workers are in Ontario, Alberta and   
   > British Columbia.   
   >   
   >   
   > ============================================   
   > By Terry Milewski, Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Jun 21, 2014   
   >   
   >   
   > Jason Kenney effectively phasing out temporary foreign workers in   
   > low-wage jobs   
   >   
   >   
   > Employment Minister Jason Kenney says he considered shutting down the   
   > low-skilled stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program altogether,   
   > but decided to phase it out instead.   
   >   
   > In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, Kenney says he   
   > agrees with the argument that the free market should decide whether   
   > businesses need to increase wages to attract workers.   
   >   
   > "To be honest, if I were setting policy today," Kenney told guest host   
   > Terry Milewski, I would not have opened that program as they did in   
   > 2002. But it's there."   
   >   
   > "So why not shut it down?" Milewski asked.   
   >   
   > I think that's a fair question," Kenney replied, "We seriously looked at   
   > that as an option.   
   >   
   > "We seriously looked at saying what every other developed country does:   
   > no general low-skilled temporary foreign workers stream," Kenney said.   
   > "We came to the conclusion that the economic costs in general and the   
   > adjustment costs for particular businesses would be too extreme."   
   >   
   > "Probably several thousands of businesses, if we did that cold turkey,   
   > would go out of business," Kenney told Milewski.   
   >   
   > Kenney announced Friday, just as Parliament went on summer recess, that   
   > employers will be barred from hiring temporary foreign workers in   
   > regions where the unemployment rate is above six per cent.   
   >   
   > The government would also put a 10 per cent cap on the number of   
   > low-wage temporary foreign workers employers can hire per work site by   
   > 2016.   
   >   
   > Kenney told Milewski, "We are phasing it down."   
   >   
   > That cap will be gradually phased in, starting at 30 per cent effective   
   > immediately, then reduced to 20 per cent on July 1, 2015, and 10 per   
   > cent a year later in 2016.   
   >   
   > The minister said that in 2016, "The government could then decide to go   
   > to zero per cent and eliminate the low-skilled stream, but we're trying   
   > to do this in a prudent way where the adjustment costs are moderate and   
   > we don't just end up causing devastation for thousands of businesses."   
   >   
   > Other reforms to the program include:   
   >   
   > - An increase in the number of inspections: one in four employers will   
   > be inspected each year. The government says it will hire approximately   
   > 20 more inspectors, bringing the number to about 60.   
   > - An increase from $275 to $1,000 in the application fee employers must   
   > pay per worker requested, effective immediately.   
   > - Fines of up to $100,000 for employers who abuse the program, starting   
   > in fall. <<=== yeah, right (>_<)   
   > - Additional funding for the Canada Border Services Agency so it can   
   > pursue more criminal investigations.   
   > - Posting the names of employers who receive permission to hire foreign   
   > workers. <<=== ヽ(^。^)ノ   
   > - Making public the number of positions approved through the program on   
   > a quarterly basis.   
   > - Reducing the amount of time a temporary foreign worker can be employed   
   > in Canada, to two years from four.   
   >   
   > Several business groups, which have been generally supportive of the   
   > government's initiatives, were critical of the government's announcement   
   > Friday, saying Kenney used a bulldozer where a hammer would have sufficed.   
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   >   
   > Some 'bulldozer'. More like a dirt mover that doesn't know where to put   
   > the dirt it's scooping.   
   Good moves by the minister and long overdue.   
      
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