FWRISA Case Study

“An immigrant who can bring with him work for twelve people is to be welcomed with open arms even in a industrial colossus like the United States - welcomed anywhere it would seem but in Canada...Not only have the refugees brought work, but they have brought new customers”, (Document, 9).

Cundal and Seaman discuss the many ways in which the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is abused and the effects of this misuse on the workers. Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) are working jobs that should be classified as long term positions, not short term. This incorrect classification affects a worker’s salary, healthcare plan, pension, vacation pay, and sick days. Cundal and Seaman also address the ways in which TFW are more susceptible to employer abuse than other workers. Temporary Foreign Workers must apply for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) before switching employers, which can take up to five months; most workers cannot afford to live without a source of income for this length of time. This usually compels workers to keep serious issues private. Many workers are also uninformed about their basic rights, which often leaves them exposed to mistreatment or abuse by employers. Cundal, an immigration lawyer in Calgary and Seaman, a human rights and civil liberties researcher wrote an unbiased and fact based article using a wide variety of sources including articles, reports, and newsletters. Cundal and Seaman provided an extensive reference list in addition to footnotes to support their writing. The authors not only address the human rights issues faced by TFW’s, they also identify ways in which these issues can be resolved. Cundal and Seaman however, fail to provide information on how many TFW are affected by employer abuse and exploitation. This information is

In this documentary about Mexican’s workers experience in Ontario, Canada, Min Sook Lee addresses the issue of the Foreign Temporary Worker program. Specifically, El Contrado demonstrates how Mexicans come to Canada in order to work during several months under bad working conditions. Those workers have to leave their family constantly in order to help them financially. They work 8 months a year, which means that they are home in Mexico only for 4 months (El Contrado). Maximo left his family behind; unfortunately, he cannot even for four months in order to see his son as he is illegal in Canada. As those Mexican workers, Maximo experienced bad working conditions. Here he briefly talks about working conditions and explains how he wanted to get

Immigrants today now have the privilege of entering and residing in Canada but along with this privilege, there are also barriers that impede their integration and deprive them of equal opportunity in the society. The undervaluing of foreign education and credentials has emerged over the years as a huge obstacle faced by recent immigrants who seek employment in the areas that they have been trained, and worked in for decades in their respective home countries. For years, newcomers in Canada have been denied inclusion into the Canadian labour market simply because of policies that were

Since the conservation government was completely defeated by liberty party, the disputed program, Temporary Foreign Workers program(TFWP), will continue to implement or not in which liberty government may top agenda. TFWP, the law has been started by conservative government on restrictive visas and do not have the rights to permanent residents from the fall of 2011 to now. Their purpose to the country and employment are trying to not taking jobs and opportunities away from Canadians.

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is an act respecting immigration to Canada and the granting of refugee protection to persons who are displayed, persecuted or in danger. Immigration has had a big effect on today’s community’s and environments here in Canada. Disclosed are the pros and cons of immigration in Canada, the pros and cons of the IRB procedures and hearings, and also my view on working in immigration law.

In this Academic article written by Sandra Elgersma, she explains employers need to go through a whole process to hire a migrant worker. Migrant workers are hired for a specific job, location and employer. Employers need to obtain an LMIA which is a confirmation letter from a department in the federal government in Canada. Before they do, they need to show how many Canadian employers applied to the certain job, how many had interviews they’re had and why the Canadian worker wasn’t hired. As of June, 20th 2014 the cost of making a request to receive an LMIA moved from 275$ to 1000$ for each request made. (Elgersma, 2014) These changes happened because so many Canadian employers wanted migrant workers to come work for their business since they can pay them at a lower rate for extreme work because they don’t have a union or the same working rights as us Canadians do. Another reason that the prices went up for employers was to reduce having so many migrant workers found inside of a work place because the employer had to pay a lot more just for a request. Now since the new change has been brought into place there has been a cap on low-waged temporary workers, since this change there has been about 10% of low-waged workers found in each work place. (Elgersma, 2014)

This has come to be through the emerging of programs from the 1970’s such as the Canada Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP). Programs like the SAWP, has made it possible for interested Canadian farm owners and Mexican or Caribbean workers to form a working contract that allows, most commonly Mexican migrant workers, to come to Canada for eight to ten months to work for Canadian farmers in exchange for set wages, living and working conditions. (Brem, M. 2006., Gabriel, C., & Macdonald, L. 2014., Government of Canada.

The motto of the federal agency, Department of Health and Human Services, elaborates its core responsibilities in a nutshell. The motto reads, “Improving the health, safety and well-being of America.” Fundamentally, the agency is mandated with the provision of essential health services that guarantees all Americans better healthcare that is not only accessible but also meet all the necessary standards (McGuire, 2011). The agency was established on April 11, 1953 under the jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States. Its headquarters is located in the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, located at 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.

On June 28, 2012, the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act (Bill C-31) took effect. This act was put in place to bring further reforms to the asylum system, add measures to address human smuggling, and add the requirement to include biometric data as part of a temporary resident visa, work permit, and study permit application. These changes were claimed to help the system to function better, cut down wait time, make the process faster, screen applicants better, and to prevent needless complications. This resulted in many changes to Canada’s asylum system.

Human Rights Legislation: This legislation forbids discrimination in both employment and the “provision of goods and services” across Canada. Section 8 of the

This article comprehensively analyzes how the Canadian government aimed to accomplish different policy objectives in order to make immigration processes simpler: “These programs generally increase the participation by the provincial governments and employers in the selection of immigrants; increase the use of temporary foreign workers, and give the federal government more authority to control the flow of immigrants of particular types.” . The Canadian government implements new programs in order to make the selection of immigrants much more efficient. The Canadian government states specifically how their future programs will increase the participation of various governments and employers in selecting immigrants. Secondly, the article describes how the difficulty of applying for immigration status has increased over the years due to Canada’s government regulations: There is a wide variety of criteria for the selection of economic immigrants. For example, the PN program has up to 60 streams in which an immigrant can apply, each with different criteria. There are many streams to which an immigrant can apply, meaning that these government agencies that aim to accept certain immigrants are all based on various criteria. They do not aim to accept all immigrants that apply for immigration, but

Canada has really strict policies and laws on who can immigrate to the country, and as a blooming economical place, people who have excellent experience will have a promised opportunity for jobs. In 2015 a new law came out economic immigrants helping them to come to Canada as fast as possible without any trouble. “Express Entry” is a major step forward in the transformation of Canada’s immigration system into one that is fast, flexible and focused on meeting Canada’s economic and labor needs. This will allow for greater flexibility and better responsiveness to deal with regional labor shortages, and help fill open jobs for which there are no available Canadian workers. Formerly referred to as “Expression of Interest” will be open to skilled

Bargaining between the different chambers and parties in Congress has been apparent in this case. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, Rep. Henry Waxmen led a charge to amend the FFDCA, by requiring that certain vitamins and minerals must include appropriate nutritional labeling. The bill was a bi-partisan effort increase the FDA’s power to regulate the food and supplement industry. The bill passed in the House of Representative but met contention int he Senate. The Senate had the ability to block the legislation because it proposed an amendment, that needed to be accepted for it to pass in both house. Since the amendment was minor, it dealt with the labeling of dairy products and maple syrup, the house decided to accept the amendment

FHE manufactures pumps used by the automotive and appliance industries. They also manufacture fluid handling equipment used to transfer liquids from paint to food supplies. During 2005 their profits after tax were $5,470,000 after having sales of $105,200,000. Even though FHE’s sales and profits are improving, Lum Donaldson, product development engineering manager, believes there are problems in coordinating the technical program managers and product managers. He has concerns that the division of responsibilities is not clear and the fluctuating workload in the engineering services is off balance.