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Temporary Workers in Canada: A National Perspective

Date

2010

Authors

Ricardo Trumper and Lloyd L. Wong

Abstract

Canada has a long history of racialized, gendered, and classed immigration that has been put in place to meet labour market needs. Migrant temporary workers have been played an integral role in this development. In this article, we address the growing importance of Canada's Temporary Foreign Workers Program, contextualizing it within global political economy in terms of flexibility, racialization and genderization. We show the growing importance of temporary migrants in various labour markets and briefly explain that in the 21st century different processes for bringing in temporary migrants to Canada are being used as vehicles to privatize immigration and to further racialize and genderize it.

Journal title

Canadian Issues

Volume

Spring

Page numbers

83-89

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Economic sectors

General relevance - all sectors

Target groups

Researchers

Geographical focuses

National relevance

Spheres of activity

Law and Political science

Languages

English