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Hunk Shot The meat sector is critical of restrictions on the number of foreign workers a company can hire,
saying Canadians do not want to work at slaughter plants.
Kyle is Canadian-born but understands Tagalog. He plays guitar
and is a part
of the BLD Youth Ministry. He is studying Biomedical Engineering
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“There’s a disconnect in failing to address the labour challenges that we face.”
McAlpine said the industry is already dealing with a hog shortage, and the federal government’s recent reforms of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program are not helpful.
“We’re struggling for a number of reasons with competitiveness,” he said.
“It’s not going to make it any easier to operate plants.”
Employment and social development minister Jason Kenney introduced changes to the temporary foreign worker program in June, including a 10 percent cap on the percentage of foreign employees at a workplace and cutting the length of time a temporary foreign worker can spend in Canada from two years to one.
Kenney promised to fix the program following alleged abuses by fast food restaurants this spring. Three McDonald’s
restaurants in British Columbia allegedly gave more shifts to foreign workers, while a restaurant in Weyburn, Sask., fired long- time waitresses to hire foreign labour.
McAlpine said the government needed to crack down on the abusers, but many companies use the program sensibly.
“Key industries, like meat ... have demonstrated very responsible use of the program and (had) very successful transition of foreign workers to permanent residency.”
McAlpine said Maple Leaf employs approximately 1,200 foreign workers in Western Canada.
“Of those, 917 are now permanent residents,” he said.
“They came in as (temporary) foreign workers, but they’re now permanent residents.”
He said reducing the length of time a temporary foreign worker can stay in Canada from two years to one undermines
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