Canadian PM took the matter to social media and wrote, “We’re lowering the variety of low-wage, short-term overseas staff in Canada.The labour market has modified. Now’s the time for our companies to spend money on Canadian staff and youth.”
This announcement comes after a spike was seen within the variety of overseas staff coming to Canada after the federal government loosened the restrictions to deal with post-Covid labour shortages.
Addressing the difficulty, the minister of employment, workforce growth and official languages, Randy Boissonnault mentioned, “The Non permanent Overseas Employee program was designed to handle labour market shortages when certified Canadians weren’t capable of fill these roles. Proper now, we all know that there are extra Canadians certified to fill open positions. The modifications we’re making at present will prioritize Canadians staff and ensures Canadians can belief this system is assembly the wants of our financial system”.
After the PM’s announcement, modifications could be made to the ‘Non permanent Employee Program’, which the federal government believed was getting used to “circumvent hiring proficient staff in Canada”.
As per a CBC report, the length of the contracts beneath this program could be diminished to at least one 12 months from two years. Additionally, employers can’t rent greater than 10 per cent of their complete workforce beneath this system.
In areas with excessive unemployment charges of six per cent or extra, employers is not going to have the choice to rent short-term overseas staff (TFW) at low wages. Though some particular exceptions are made for industries corresponding to agriculture, meals and fish processing, development, and well being care, as they nonetheless face severe staffing shortages.
