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Unions accuse temporary foreign worker program of driving down wages, breaking Alberta law (The Tyee)

September 22, 2017

Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan said job postings by the federal government undermine the Alberta government’s ban on hiring foreign workers for 29 job categories in the province, The Tyee reports. Destination Canada, a federal government initiative, is hosting ads for Edmonton jobs on its website under a program intended to attract French-speaking foreign workers to Canada.