Aug/070
Trafficking fear: hookers may enter on student visas in 2010 Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver could lead to an increase in student-visa fraud as people in the sex trade recruit young women from overseas to work as prostitutes
Border cops warn hookers could enter on student visas in 2010.
“With the huge numbers of tourists expected to visit British Columbia during the Olympics, the possibility for this type of human smuggling cannot be discounted.”
Jul/070
Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada on the Increase
The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program is the Canadian government’s primary means of helping employers address immediate skill and labour shortages. As labour tensions continue to mount across industries, Canadian employers have been making use of this program to fill a growing number of vacant positions.
In 2006, over 112,000 temporary workers arrived in Canada, making up 42 per cent of all new temporary residents. In December 2006, the total population of temporary foreign workers in Canada was nearly 171,000, a 122 per cent increase over the past ten years.