As reported in various media, The Honourable Employment Minister, MaryAnn Mihychuk, has announced that the government is seeking to review recent reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. The Employment Minister…
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Since 2011, the Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)/International Mobility Program (IMP) has undergone a significant evolution to a program of last resort, which has been heavy on enforcement or more specifically,…
Continue ReadingAs reported by the Globe and Mail and CBC news, Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk has announced that the government is seeking to review recent reforms to the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program….
Continue ReadingThe Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No.1, which received Royal Assent on June 19, 2014, authorized a system of Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) for non-compliant employers. Regulations governing this new AMP regime, both…
Continue ReadingCanadian immigration law is constantly changing – and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is no exception. Employers filing applications for Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA) after 30 April 2015 should be aware…
Continue ReadingOn 20 June 2014, Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced that effectively immediately, the moratorium on the food service sector’s access to the TFWP has ended. They also…
Continue ReadingOn February 11, 2014 the Government announced its changes to the Federal Budget. Among these changes were new limits that will be placed on the TFWP (Temporary Foreign Worker Program). The government…
Continue ReadingMario Bellissimo was recently interviewed in an article appearing in the Toronto Law Journal entitled Compromising Change; a Canadian Immigration Retrospective. The objective of the article was to discuss the impact of recent changes to Canadian immigration policy and to get a sense of the direction Canadian immigration is heading.
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