Immigration

Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) has launched a campaign aimed at exposing workplace abuses faced by migrant workers in Ontario and addressing systemic gaps in protections. The “Bad Boss Tour:…

By Jenna L Hennebry, Wilfrid Laurier University Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was seemingly set up to fail. Multiple successive governments have long passed the buck to the next…

New immigrants to Canada saw their median entry wage climb by 6.7 per cent in 2022, even as the country’s overall real median wage dipped by 1.6 per cent, according…

By Jack Farrell The Alberta government says it has pulled the plug on a foreign worker recruitment mission in the United Arab Emirates scheduled for early next year.   Documents show…

By Lisa Ruth Brunner, University of British Columbia and Capucine Coustere, Concordia University Perched on a leather armchair, speaking directly to viewers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently explained his…

Ontario is set to introduce legislation aimed at cracking down on fraudulent immigration representatives who exploit newcomers, proposing fines and bans for those who violate new standards. The proposed bill…

The Manitoba government has launched a three-year pilot program partnering with seven rural municipalities and Gambler First Nation to tackle labour shortages and support economic growth in west-central Manitoba. The…

By David Baxter in Ottawa Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs, after blaming “bad actors” for gaming the system. Trudeau released…

By Nick Murray in Ottawa Canada’s parliamentary budget officer says the federal government is overestimating the impact its new immigration plan will have on the country’s housing shortage. In October the Liberal…