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Seafood exempt from Canada’s new temporary foreign worker rules

Effective Sept. 26, other Canadian companies will not be able to hire low-wage temporary foreign workers in areas where the unemployment rate is 6% or higher

By Undercurrent News | Sept. 3, 2024 14:54 BST
Lobster processing in Canada. Barb Dean-Simmons photo
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The Canadian government is tightening up the rules around its temporary foreign worker (TFW) program, but seafood processing, agriculture, construction and healthcare companies are exempt to the changes, CBC reports.  [...]

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