Foreign workers

The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal on March 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Class-action claims foreign workers exploited by Quebec recruiter, airline caterer

More than 400 people say they were pushed to work illegally

File photo. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)

Extreme weather is sending Okanagan migrant farmworkers home early

Fires forced hundreds of workers to evacuate from West Kelowna and Lake Country

Aug 30, 2023

Randy Boissonnault arrives for a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Employment Minister Boissonnault announced a new pilot program to incentivize employers to follow worker-protection rules by making it easier for them to hire temporary foreign workers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Program rewards companies that better protect temporary foreign workers

Agricultural companies will be able to apply to be part of the federal pilot project in September

Temporary foreign workers from Mexico plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., on May 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Temporary foreign workers hit record levels in B.C.

‘It means our economy is booming…and we have more jobs than people available’

Feb 22, 2023

Temporary foreign workers from Mexico plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., on May 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes