Canada to limit number of temporary foreign workers

The Canadian government announced it will refuse applications for low-wage temporary foreign workers in regions with an unemployment rate of 6 percent or higher. But the economic situation is different now, he said, and Canada "no longer needs as many temporary foreign workers''. He said the program can easily lead to abuse because it doesn't allow foreign workers to leave abusive employers and to stay in Canada during the full term of their permits. Mathis Denis, a spokesman for Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault, told China Daily: "The health and safety of temporary foreign workers in Canada is paramount.