Bad news for TFW under food service processing their LMO

[wins26]

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=index&crtr.page=1&nid=842269

 

[beholder69]

Does this include higher skilled jobs, like cooks and chefs?

 

[faizal3788]

Does this affect me...Because I am Chef....applied 4 months ago.........5th month started.....

 

[darksiders]

Does this affect me...Because I am Chef....applied 4 months ago.........5th month started.....

yes everyone that applied for TWP for food related industry

 

[faizal3788]

yes everyone that applied for TWP for food related industry

But I applied for my Visa 4 months ago..and my LMO expired. So what will be my case...so worried now

 

[keesio]

Unfortunately it says both new and pending applications are suspended.

 

[beholder69]

Lol, what a joke! Just because some specific programs were abusing the program, they cut it altogether, leaving both decent companies and foreign people who wanted to work in a difficult situation.

Let's just hope this doesn't last long or my family will be in a very, very dire situation

 

[zardoz]

I think that this is just the start... The scandal last year about TFWs coming to actively replace certain Canadian bank workers has not helped.

It's quite possible that LMOs will now be MUCH harder to obtain, even for those not working in the food service industries. They will probably want to see much higher levels of proof that a TFW is actually needed and that the job position really has been made available to Canadian citizens or PRs before requesting an LMO.

 

[angelbrat]

There is too much public pressure on the Government to stop all temp workers coming here, for them to ignore.

The political back lash is only just gaining momentum.I believe, like the poster above, that all temp working visa's will be stopped short term, whilst they investigate what is happening.

With an election looming, the Conservatives will be more amicable to listening to the public voice and the public is demanding no more foreign workers.

 

[faizal3788]

how long they gonna suspend? :'( all my efforts gone in vain. Really this decision affects many like me.

 

[zardoz]

how long they gonna suspend? :'( all my efforts gone in vain. Really this decision affects many like me.

They haven't said. However, I think you are talking of months, rather than weeks. This is based on the tone of the announcement, that seemed very "terse". Read this -> http://actionplan.gc.ca/en/initiative/temporary-foreign-worker-program The moratorium will not end until this is completed, it stated.

 

[faizal3788]

They haven't said. However, I think you are talking of months, rather than weeks. This is based on the tone of the announcement, that seemed very "terse".

Only God knows. Really I will pray to relieve the suspension.

 

[zardoz]

There is too much public pressure on the Government to stop all temp workers coming here, for them to ignore.

The political back lash is only just gaining momentum.I believe, like the poster above, that all temp working visa's will be stopped short term, whilst they investigate what is happening.

With an election looming, the Conservatives will be more amicable to listening to the public voice and the public is demanding no more foreign workers.

News articles like this, and the ones that the page links to, are part of this political change of scenery for the TFWP.. http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/24/jason-kenney-suspends-restaurants-from-scandal-plagued-temporary-foreign-worker-program/

Here's a sample... (Emphasis added)

Both the federal Liberals and the NDP have been loudly demanding the government take serious action on the temporary foreign workers program.

Liberal MP John McCallum has written to the auditor general asking for an audit of the program as soon as possible, while the NDP urged the government to freeze the program entirely until the potential for abuse is addressed.

“There are people living here in Canada who are being laid off or having their hours cut to facilitate the use of foreign workers; this needs to end immediately,” NDP immigration critic Jinny Sims told a news conference Thursday outside a McDonald's restaurant in Victoria.

Later Thursday, Sims said she's glad Kenney is banning restaurants from accessing the program, but called for a broader moratorium as well as an outside review of the entire initiative. Kenney's office has said it's currently assessing the temporary foreign workers program.

”I think an internal review is not going to cut it,“ Sims said in an inteview. ”This needs some independent review done of it; it should be somebody like the auditor general.“

One expert on temporary foreign workers said she doubts many of the Canadian companies routinely accessing the program are seriously trying to find domestic workers.

“Instead of recruiting in India, you could recruit in some parts of rural Ontario, or among First Nations in western Canada,” said McMaster University's Catherine Connelly, who was recently awarded a four-year grant to study the program.

“If you look at unemployment rates among young Canadians or among people with disabilities — I really question some of the recruiting practices.”

 

[faizal3788]

News articles like this, and the ones that the page links to, are part of this political change of scenery for the TFWP.. http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/24/jason-kenney-suspends-restaurants-from-scandal-plagued-temporary-foreign-worker-program/

Here's a sample... (Emphasis added)

Hi Zardoz,
Does this implies to all LMO applications or Visa application as like mine?

 

[keesio]

This action is an interesting twist with regards to immigration. Much of the anger has been towards the Conservative government over being anti-immigration (just look at the PR and Citizenship forums). But this action was triggered by non conservative supporters who claimed the Conservatives and Harper were "anti-Canadian" and letting businesses favor foreigners who want to "steal jobs from good local Canadians". Goes to show that all sides of the political spectrum are iffy on immigration these days.