The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for further action by the Government of Canada and its partners to improve the protection of temporary foreign workers. Year after year, these workers come to Canada to support our agriculture and agri-food industry and contribute greatly to Canada’s food security. Their hard work and expertise has been instrumental over the years and especially during the pandemic, and they deserve to be safe.
The new regulation announced by Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, and the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marco Mendicino on July 26, 2021 outlined 14 regulatory amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Temporary Foreign Workers), with three key objectives:
- Improving protections for temporary foreign workers
- Improving the Government’s ability to prevent bad actors from participating in the program
- Strengthening the Government’s ability to effectively conduct inspections.
To learn more about the Government of Canada’s new regulation on the protection of temporary foreign workers click here.
