Ottawa poised to further tighten restrictions on hiring temporary foreign workers

By Cristin Schmitz (August 26, 2024, 4:45 PM EDT) -- The federal government says it will soon expand restrictions on the number of temporary foreign workers that employers in Canada may hire, including reducing from 20 per cent to 10 per cent the percentage of their total workforce for which employers may hire temporary foreign workers and cutting from two years to one the maximum period for which “low-wage stream” workers may be hired....