Human Resources committee  To clarify, I can certainly provide to the committee afterwards a brief including several recommendations that range across everything from housing to EI. With regard to permanent residency, I've never seen any Parliamentary Budget Officer's report on what it would cost and what

Human Resources committee  Yes, as the other panellist mentioned, previously we used to have access to paternity and maternity benefits for temporary foreign workers in Canada. A restoration of those benefits and just a simple extension of EI to all workers in Canada would go greatly to reducing the stress

Human Resources committee  I'm not sure about the exact nuances of such a program. I'll give you an example of something you can do. Temporary foreign workers do file taxes in Canada. Allowing them to receive an EI deduction or EI rebate through taxation might be one possibility. However, again, I just pr

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. I'll go back to my previous point with regard to inspections. The CFIA, which you have acting right now, is on hand every day. With them it is not just the quarantine conditions but also physical distancing. I think that absolutely should be something we consider pu

Human Resources committee  With respect to that, I think the biggest issue of course will be enforcement and knowing exactly when there are violations going on. Actually, the best example I can of think of with regard to where there could be better potential employment is a suggestion for greater inspecti

Human Resources committee  To go with the example from Mr. Hussan, I think you should reconsider the role of temporary foreign workers and their potential place as permanent residents within Canada. We are worried about our food security. That would be the big one. Finally, again, it's okay to bring newcom

Human Resources committee  Yes, I can absolutely touch on that as well. What we found in preparing the research—and this is specific to immigrant physicians working in Canada but can be generalized to many other health care workers, including nurses, lab technologists, other front-line workers and workers

Human Resources committee  Dear honourable members of the committee, I want to begin my opening statement by thanking the committee for the opportunity to present on this very important topic of temporary foreign workers in the agricultural sector and the COVID-19 pandemic. This topic is one which I have