Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Temporary foreign workers have been in and out of the news over the past few weeks, and the image of the program has been one of the people brought in to work at the local Tim Horton’s. But most people who come to Canada under this program are actually not consistent with that image. University professors that come to Canada for research projects, engineers that come to install specialty equipment, and specialized lawyers, can all be covered by the temporary foreign workers programs. Short term internal company transfers, and youth work abroad programs with France, Britain, New Zealand, etcetera, are also covered by this program. Just as Canadians go abroad for short terms, these workers come here for weeks or even months to do short term, specialized work and then go home. Temporary foreign workers are much more diverse than news clips might suggest.
I’m Brad Trost, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Humboldt and I’m working for you. For more information, check out my website at bradtrost.ca.