Ghada Alsharif

Aug 12, 2024 | thestar.com | Ghada Alsharif

A United Nations official who denounced Canada’s temporary foreign worker program as “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery” nearly a year ago doubled down on his criticism in a final report, stressing that granting migrant workers permanent resident status is necessary to end ongoing exploitation.

Aug 5, 2024 | thestar.com | Ghada Alsharif

Canadian Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault announced Tuesday that the government is cracking down on fraud in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program. The temporary foreign worker (TFW) program has ballooned over the years, with much higher use by non-agricultural sectors, such as fast food restaurants and health care providers. With the increased use, there have been mounting allegations that the program is being abused by some employers.

Jul 17, 2024 | thespec.com | Ghada Alsharif

Canada has spent more than $115 million deporting nearly 29,000 migrants since 2022, an unprecedented rate that flies in the face of the federal government’s promise to regularize the status of undocumented workers, advocates say. In 2023, Ottawa spent more than $62 million on deportations, the highest amount spent in a year in over a decade, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) dating back to 2011.

Jul 17, 2024 | thestar.com | Ghada Alsharif

Canada has spent more than $115 million deporting nearly 29,000 migrants since 2022, an unprecedented rate that flies in the face of the federal government’s promise to regularize the status of undocumented workers, advocates say. In 2023, Ottawa spent more than $62 million on deportations, the highest amount spent in a year in over a decade, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) dating back to 2011.

Jun 27, 2024 | thestar.com | Ghada Alsharif

Nearly 3,000 screening officers at Toronto Pearson airport rejected a tentative agreement with their employer Garda World Security on Friday, putting the possibility of a strike back on the table. The Canadian Airport Workers Union — representing the screening officers at Canada’s largest airport —  confirmed that 95 per cent of the 2,862 workers who cast their ballot voted against the tentative contract reached June 21. Already a Subscriber?