The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, has announced improvements to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program to address Labour shortage in Canada. These changes are part of the initiative called Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program Workforce Solutions Road Map, an effort to continue meeting the labour market needs as well as improving worker protections and building workforce for the long term in Canada. Five key changes were announced today, three are effective immediately and two will be in force as of April 30th: What has been implemented today: Limit to the number of low-wage seasonal positions has been waived…

By Stephanie Ford Foreign workers have played a vital role in the Canadian job market for decades – and the role immigrants play in advancing the Canadian economy is only growing more important. Over the past years, the growth in the number of jobs available in Canada has been outpacing the number of working age Canadians available to fill those roles. The pandemic has exacerbated this issue, since the typical flow of temporary workers slowed to a trickle with the increased border restrictions. As a result, there were 896,000 job vacancies in December 2021. This figure is 87.9% higher than the number…