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Temporary Foreign Workers Program in Canada – The solution is to fine the offending firms, and not to curtail it
Given the benefits provided by Canada’s lower-skilled TFW’s, why has the public’s perception of the program been negatively skewed? First, rare and isolated abuses of TFWs have been reported by the media. The solution to these transgressions is to fine the offending firms, and not to curtail a successful TFW labour program. What of the … Continue reading
Canada – Temporary Foreign Workers program will include cap and heavy fines
Changes to the temporary foreign workers program will include a cap on the number of workers coming to Canada for low-wage jobs, and heavy fines for employers who break the rules, CTV News has learned. Employment Minister Jason Kenney will announce the changes during a news conference Friday. The limit on low-wage workers will apply … Continue reading
Canada Job Bank – Outdated listings for jobs in dozens of communities that have long since been filled
Employment Minister Jason Kenney says there are no job postings languishing on the federal government’s online job bank that are older than six months — even though the site is strewn with ads that are almost a year old or older. “The typical maximum posting period is 30 days,” Kenney said this week in the … Continue reading
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program – Workers left in limbo by moratorium
Thousands of temporary foreign workers already on the job in Canada and in the midst of renewing their work permits are left in limbo by the moratorium on the fast food industry imposed by Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. If the moratorium is not lifted within 90 days, most of these workers will be forced … Continue reading
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Kenney banning restaurants
Amid a roar of criticism, Employment Minister Jason Kenney took action Thursday against the government’s scandal-ridden temporary foreign worker program by banning restaurants from accessing it. Kenney issued the surprise moratorium hours after the C.D. Howe Institute released a scathing study into the program that concluded it had spurred joblessness in B.C. and Alberta, two … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / A deal reached with Quebec
Quebec has joined all other provinces and territories in a tentative agreement with the federal government on the Canada Job Grant, Employment Minister Jason Kenney said today in the House of Commons. Kenney made the announcement in question period. The news follows his announcement last Friday that 12 provinces and territories had negotiated a tentative … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Deal reached with all provinces except Quebec Jason Kenney confirms
Employment Minister Jason Kenney has confirmed the federal government has reached a deal in principle will all provinces except Quebec on the Canada Job Grant, as CBC News reported yesterday. “I am pleased to announce that we have arrived at an agreement in principle with 12 provincial governments and territories on their delivery of the … Continue reading
Canada Jobs Grant in PEI – NGO funding will be cut 40 per cent in new deal says Primer
P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz says a new agreement reached on the Canada Jobs Grant will mean community organizations that receive funding through existing skills programs will be cut by 40 per cent. The provinces reached an agreement in principle regarding the contentious new national job training program. But Ghiz says the provinces had to agree … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / Kenney agrees to province’s demands
The federal government has agreed to two key demands from the provinces and territories on its contentious Canada Job Grant that could pave the way for a deal on the national job training program, the Canadian Press has learned. Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney sent a final counter-proposal to his provincial and territorial counterparts on … Continue reading
Atlantic Canada / 10 Apprenticeship programs being harmonized
Within the next four years, the project will harmonize 10 trades across the four provinces beginning with bricklayers, cooks, instrumentation and control technicians and construction electricians Continue reading
Canada Job Grant / It is misleading say unions calling for new monies for it
Labour organizations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, Unifor, and CUPE-Ontario are calling on the federal government to find new monies for the Canada Jobs Grant, instead of absorbing funds earmarked for crucial training and employment services. The labour organizations are raising their concerns in advance of a November 8 meeting of Federal Minister of … Continue reading
Canada Job Grant and the Provinces / Only Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan have consistently used their entire federal Labour Market Agreement’s funds
According to a government document obtained by Postmedia News, only Quebec and Ontario have consistently used their entire federal contribution under the Labour Market Agreement – about $116 million and $204 million, respectively, in 2011-12, the most recent year for which figures were available. Saskatchewan has too in more recent years. Continue reading
Canada / The government is committed to fixing the skills mismatch with the Canada Job Grant says Kenney
In a keynote speech today at the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism, emphasized the importance of the skilled trades and the vital role of Canada’s colleges in preparing the skilled workforce of the future. “Our government’s top priorities are creating jobs, … Continue reading
(Update) Canada Job Grant / Ottawa willing to compromise and offering to ease the rules
Minister Jason Kenney said Ottawa is prepared to remove a barrier that forces training dollars to be divided into two categories: money for people on Employment Insurance, and a smaller amount for people who are not Continue reading
BC / A hard line on Canada Job Grant
B.C. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond described Kenney’s go-it-alone warning as “incredibly unfortunate”. Continue reading
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