Employers will find it easier to bring janitors, construction labourers, meat cutters and other types of temporary foreign workers into Alberta and B.C. under new rules announced by the federal government Monday. Human Resources and Social Development Minister Monte Solberg said his department is adding 21 more occupations to a pilot program that fast-tracks applicants from employers so they can bring temporary workers to Canada more quickly. Paperwork for many occupations may take up to five months, the department said. But under the Expedited Labour Market Opinion pilot project -- which...
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