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Justice committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. My thanks also go to the members of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for giving me the opportunity to share with you Employment and Social Development Canada efforts to protect migrant workers and ensure employer compliance within the temp
February 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Justice committee Yes, absolutely. It's also available on the website. I'd be happy to leave my copy with the clerk.
February 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Justice committee There's a specific section on human trafficking and it provides some clues as to help workers identify when they may be in that situation. It also provides them with resources that they may access in the case that they are in harm's way. There is a specific section on human traff
February 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Justice committee In terms of specific cases, they're not something that is part of our mandate. We look at the employers. I don't have any specific information around the outcome of specific cases and how those were dealt with through the justice system. We know that part of the vulnerabilities
February 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Justice committee I would say from the ESDC's perspective, we are mandated to assess the genuineness of employers and verify their ongoing compliance. I think one thing we're assessing the feasibility of in the future is through unannounced inspections. That's something that is still in developmen
February 27th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee Good afternoon. Mr. Chair and members of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, thank you for giving Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) the opportunity to contribute to its study on migration challenges and opportunities for Canada in the 21st centur
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee The last point is around partnerships. We continue to collaborate with our partners in federal departments to further secure worker protections. We're also working more closely with provinces and territories, which regulate the labour market in many jurisdictions, to identify the
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee The labour market impact assessment is still required for caregivers in those two categories.
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee Since the fee was waived.
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee I'm sorry. I misunderstood the question. I don't have that specific answer in terms of the impact of the fee change. That was fairly recently, in the last eight months, I believe. We can come back to the committee with a specific response to that.
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee I don't know if I can answer that directly. It's a demand-driven program, so the employers need to apply to the program and meet the conditions—
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, so over the years there have been changes to the program to restrict access.
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee Currently the most restrictions are on those seeking workers in lower-wage positions. In 2014 a number of reforms were put in place over concerns that the program wasn't being used as intended. This included a $1,000 fee on all employers outside of agriculture. In the low-wage sp
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee I can say that inside the program, one of the principles is that we require employers to demonstrate efforts to recruit Canadians first. At the beginning they must advertise positions to Canadians at the median wage. In the low-wage space in particular, we require employers to r
October 30th, 2018Committee meeting
Philippe Massé
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to present on the temporary foreign worker program. I'm the director general for the program at ESDC. With me is Katie Alexander. She's the executive director for program operations at Service Canada. The objective of the program is to p
March 18th, 2019Committee meeting
Philippe Massé