2011 Federal Reform : Making the Canadian Migrant Workers Pay if Employer Found Abusive

Résumé :
In considering TFW now fully "protected" in Canada, CIC and HRSDC officials have shown, with the coming into effect of these last policy changes of the Immigra- tion and Refugee Protection Regulations, they largely underestimate the non-applicability of any (even if highly deficient) protection available under provincial labor laws for TFW-LS forced by federal Regulations to “keep silent” in the face of a violation of labor rights or other abuse by their employer (if they are to preserve their right to work in Canada). As the Canadian Labor Congress55 puts it, the Regulations are unbalanced towards the interests of employers, imposes an unfair punitive burden on migrant workers and, furthermore, does not protect the long term interests of Canadian workers and the preservation of decent work conditions in Canada by authorizing the employment of TFW in sectors where workers are not allowed to bargain collectively or are not covered by the health and safety legislation.