Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Ottawa Case Study

In this person’s article, he/she discusses some of the hardships which many immigrants, may face in Canada. This person talks about how they at first had utopic dreams about Canada: that Canada did not have any “human weaknesses” and that they would find a job and be happy, free from racial discrimination. However, in the viewpoint of the author, this is far from the reality. The author warns about the difficulties of finding a job in Canada: difficulty in communication between the immigrant and the job supplier, lack of trust with the immigrants history in their home country, the fact that many of the jobs are not advertised in places where people can access them, and racism in choosing which person should get the job. Because of this sources personal experience, he/she warns others not to come to Canada. This is the reason that this source was created is to warn other people from facing the same dangers the author did in Canada. This author ends his/her article by saying that “work” is not something you can depend on to find in Canada. The main economic issue regarding immigration that this source addresses is that it is often very hard for newly landed immigrants to get jobs for many reasons. This is a very important problem as the main reason that the immigrants are let into Canada in the first place is to find a job and help Canada's economy.

While Canada offers multiple programs for the purpose of aiding refugees and giving them a fresh start, a lot of employers complained about the shortage of labor. However, whether or not the reported labor shortage was factual or not can be disputed to this day. In fact, employer groups reported difficulties when it came to hiring worker that were suitable, while substantial wage increases, unemployed workers, and job vacancies with both refugees and immigrants were discrepancies that were scarcely documented. Despite this, Canada has been working to set up the Start Visa program, while suspending the Federal Entrepreneur and Immigrant Investor programs, for the purpose of attracting further innovation and investment into the country.

Consideration for economic context is essential for work and learning. Companies, such as public, not for profit, privately operated/owned etc., have the ability to move unaccounted for resources across borders, attain cheap labour by outsourcing and create off-shore accounts to avoid taxes all of which impact work and learning. The Canadian economy is one derived of many variables. Employers creating workplaces by outsourcing their labour, moving resources that are unaccounted for or by creating accounts to avoid taxes are in business to have the lowest expenses and the most profit. These employers are prepared to do what it takes at whatever cost. The community in which I live consisted of several factories. These factories operated for many years employing many people in this community. Over the last 15 years most of these factories shut down and relocated to various other countries, obtaining cheap labour and new ways of distribution, leaving

Employee skills and the ability of employers to attract and retain skilled workers will be a primary concern to Canada’s economy in the immediate future. A train overflowing with crisis is approaching, and we need to stop listening for it to come because it’s already bearing down on us. Labour and skill shortages in Canada can be attributed to: aging population, increased life expectancy, migration of highly skilled labour, and the disparity between the skills possessed by youth and the skills demanded by employers.

It is a major change that is affecting the current economic immigration policy and the Canadian labor market. Ever since the authors noticed that FSWP is playing a smaller role as immigration policy became more responsive to the short-term need of Canadian employers. They declare that this is tragic to the durable development of our society because it only satisfies the short-term need in the job market. As for me, even though it is understandable in having temporary workers can be a quick solution to the labor market shortage. At the same time, it can also solve the problem of the long delays of FSWP. However, it creates two different treatments towards immigrants and temporary workers in the long run. Consequently, it will affect local Canadians greatly by having double standards. Therefore, I believe our top priority should be focused on how to balance the current and temporary needs of the labor market from the periodical workers and the long-term demands of the higher qualified

Immigration provides very constant growth in the labor force, which is helping the Canadian labor market. With the amount of immigrants coming into Canada, there is an increase of jobs being taken in the Canadian labor force. They make up to 70% of labor force and most likely will increase higher percent in the future. The immigrants who have provided their needs for the Canadian labor market for growth and its success

(Beamer, 2011). Culture shock then extends to the four stages of Euphoria, disillusionment and frustration, they do try to adjust and finally intregrate. All these emotions could cause a lot of problems for the foreign workers. It should be noted that some of the tempoaray foreign workers come from high context cultures and might fond the way Canadians express themselves rather aggressive and intrussive. Communication breakdown results in misunderstanding btween the foreign workers, local workers and possibl management. This then leads to other issues which can impede interaction with local populations and create obstacles in workplaces. It also notes that tension is seen with respect to temporary foreign workers experiencing racism and harassment. Temporary foreign workers may contribute to an overall lowering of wages.

Some evidence is the Government of Canada website states “We will target highly-skilled immigrants…, will help us select those talented immigrants who can help strengthen Canada’s competitiveness in the global economy”. My point stands because, by taking off some emphasis on these topics, you at least give a chance to them. Support these immigrants for a year, not too long so they are dependent on us and once they come in, the government should make licensed to school/work and other things, so, later on, they can contribute to our society. The disadvantages to the immigration system is much more than simply walking in. People are getting affected in more ways than we think and if this system are continued to be used like this constantly in our country, the strong heart of our country’s development will soon start to break down bit by bit before our

     Besides a relatively non-competitive business environment, Canada?s labour force also lacks the competitive mindset. Structural employment remains high, which is partly due to the existence of social assistance and unemployment insurance systems. Work incentives are low under the protection of the employment insurance program, which indirectly contributes in a higher than the desirable unemployment rate. Furthermore, unions and other similar groups do not promote many incentives for workers to stay competitive in the workplace by continuously learning and improving productivity. Countries that have been most successful in cutting unemployment are those that have improved

Recently, according to Joe Friesen (2012b) reports that Canadian government considers changing immigration policy, but this policy is unfair for most of the immigrants.

This article describes that role the Canadian immigration had toward skilled immigrants by not accepting their credentials, in which the article’s hypothesis is that it might be related to the fact of Canadian openness towards immigrant in general. The method of investigation is looking at previous case studies. The conclusion of the article states that Canada must improve its immigration polices as more immigrants are coming, and that Canada should become more open-minded toward the skilled immigrant, which is also the main argument. This article restates my research question.

In 2014, the new Trudeau administration decided to make its immigration polices more accessible to foreign workers in the wake of a sluggish economic growth brought about by a precarious labour market. The Canadian government believes that the increasing number of job vacancies in the country can be solved by tapping the services of high-skilled foreign workers. The result was a massive tweaking of its immigration rulings, amongst which was the alteration of its scoring system that made it easier for applicants to obtain visas that lead to permanent

“An immigrant who can bring with him work for twelve people is to be welcomed with open arms even in a industrial colossus like the United States - welcomed anywhere it would seem but in Canada...Not only have the refugees brought work, but they have brought new customers”, (Document, 9).

For the past, 24years Canada averages 250,000 per year immigrants. This eventually leaves a drastic effect towards the Canadian people. As people all around the globe look towards Canada for social assistances and better job opportunities. However, this kind of attitude is not good for the Canadian people. As in Canada minimum of 1.5 million Canadian are looking for work with little job opportunities available at their disposal. So now due to growing number of immigrants in Canada, therefore Canadian are been forced to compete with the immigrants through Canada’s so-called “Employment Equity for Visible Minorities” programme. Secondly due to the invasion of immigrants in Canada it has caused an increase in house prices as well as demand for

Immigrants today now have the privilege of entering and residing in Canada but along with this privilege, there are also barriers that impede their integration and deprive them of equal opportunity in the society. The undervaluing of foreign education and credentials has emerged over the years as a huge obstacle faced by recent immigrants who seek employment in the areas that they have been trained, and worked in for decades in their respective home countries. For years, newcomers in Canada have been denied inclusion into the Canadian labour market simply because of policies that were