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Patty Hajdu Liberal

“The foreign worker program has three rules. First, Canadians get the first chance at jobs. Second, bosses must treat foreign workers fairly, and we inspect them to be sure. Third, businesses that cannot find local workers can hire from abroad to stay open.”
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Mr. Speaker, the temporary foreign worker program is administered with three principles. First of all, the program makes sure that any Canadian who wants that job comes first. Second of all, it makes sure that employers that are eligible for temporary foreign workers treat those workers with respect and honour and follow those rules. We have inspectors to make sure that happens. The third principle is to make sure that employers in areas where very tight employment exists can access workers to keep their businesses alive, which is something that many of that member’s colleagues have written to me to expand.

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