Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe, yes, for our sector. In Quebec, our farmers need to recruit a certain number of workers for specific periods for specific work that has to be done at the farm. If there is no protection.... I think one of the main reasons the program has been successful for the employe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, thank you. I agree with Mr. Pilon's remarks, but I also have to say that we've seen some very good employers lose workers. We don't know if they left for the United States or if they went to Montreal to work illegally, but the fact remains that those workers left their jobs

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know if the cartels have anything to do with it, but I can tell you that, for some years now, many workers have left their jobs without giving notice to their employers. That's become more frequent in the past three years. There have been a little more than 300 so far thi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's really important for us that the inspectors be on site because we go to great lengths to make employers understand their obligations and workers to know their rights. So we want to show the government that our members are doing things right. We do a lot of work with RATTMAQ

Citizenship and Immigration committee  According to FERME, on-site inspections would be welcome. Most of our members meet requirements, and we want to demonstrate that to Service Canada officers. We'd like the programs to be administered with less red tape and more people on the ground. It really would be helpful to s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will respond quickly and then give time to my colleagues. I think the government is going in the right direction with the changes they made with the ESDC in order to be more present in the field, with the subventions that they are giving organizations in the field to help the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to present the position of FERME on closed work permits. I think the work permits work. There isn't a problem with the work permits. I think that what makes a lot of headlines is the lack of a pathway for temporary forei