Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada: Are They Really Filling Labour Shortages?

• Published in: Commentary - C.D. Howe Institute no. 407; p. 0_1
• Main Author: Gross, Dominique M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: C.D. Howe Institute 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Charitable foundations; Economic conditions; Employers; Employment; Foreign labor; Hiring; Labor market; Labor shortages; Occupations; Passports & visas; Pilot projects; Productivity; Studies; Temporary employment; Unemployment; Workers; Canada

In September 2007, under rising pressure from employers in western Canada, HRSDC introduced the "Expedited Labour Market Opinion (E-LMO) Pilot Project" in Alberta and British Columbia (CIC 2013a). The goal was to reduce backlogs in certain occupations and to accelerate the processing of LM...