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Temporary Foreign Workers Program

Scratch That: Tories Reverse Changes To Foreign Worker Program

CP | Stephanie Levitz | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - After weeks of public outcry over the scarcity of Canadian jobs, the Conservative government delivered a pink slip Monday to a series of cont...

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Should Canadians Get These Jobs?

CBC | Posted 06.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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The fight by two labour unions against a company that hired more than 200 temporary workers from China for its coal mine in northeastern B.C. heads to...

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Stoking Fear Over Chinese Investment

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - An internal federal review of a decision to grant permits to a Chinese company to bring temporary foreign workers from China for its Briti...

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Surge Of Tagalog Does Not Equal Filipino Progress In Canada

Charlene Sayo | Posted 12.25.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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Charlene Sayo

The mere fact that the media has zeroed in on Tagalog as the fastest growing immigrant language, and the public's surprise of this so-called linguistic phenomenon, is telling of the social insignificance of Canada's third largest ethnic group. Sure, Filipinos are common props in fast-food restaurants, hotels and homes, but their lack of political and economic weight renders them invisible despite their large presence and 24/7 work cycles.

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B.C. Foreign Workers Anger Union

CBC | Posted 12.10.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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The United Steelworkers Union is angry over a plan to bring in temporary Chinese workers to several coal mines in northeastern BC. About 2...

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