TY - NEWS T1 - The murky world of the agencies that recruit temporary foreign workers CY - Calgary N2 - Chances are the migrant workers building condos in Vancouver, cleaning hotel rooms in Alberta or picking tomatoes in Ontario greenhouses paid fees to come to Canada and work in their low-paying jobs.In some cases, workers are further abused by recruiters who control their money, housing and movements. A1 - Dharssi, Alia Y1 - 2016/// KW - Agencies case of abuse UR - http://calgaryherald.com/news/national/the-murky-world-of-the-agencies-that-recruit-temporary-foreign-workers Y2 - 2016-11-10 JA - Calgary Herald SP - 1 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Parents scramble as nanny agencies close A1 - Brownell, Claire Y1 - 2015/07/04/ UR - http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Parents+scramble+nanny+agencies+close/11188309/story.html Y2 - 2015-08-14 JA - The StarPheonix ER - TY - RPRT T1 - 10% Approval Rate from Citizenship and Immigration for New Caregiver Program Applications A1 - Unionresearch.org,  Y1 - 2015/06/02/ UR - https://unionresearch.org/2015/06/02 Y2 - 2017-10-01 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Institutionalized Servitude: The Female Domestic Servant in Lima, Peru CY - Ann Arbor, Michigan PB - Univeristy Microfilms International N2 - The problem of rural-urban migration and the resulting potential for culture change within the society. What is the place of the servant in the Peruvian social structures? How does the servant operate within the context of the family where she is employed? Tow hat extent are provincial-born servants acculturated to the urban scene more rapidly than their fellow-migrants who are not servants and thus are not forced into intimate daily contact with middle and upper class urban ways? To what extent is the occupation of servant an avenue of upward social and/or economic mobility? To what extent do urban servants introduce changes to their families remaining in a rural provincial setting? A1 - Smith, Margo Lane Y1 - 2015/// KW - Servant KW - Urbanization ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Travail Domestique et Exploitation : Le Cas des Travailleuses Domestiques Philippines au Canada (PAFR) N1 - Rapport publié en partenariat avec le Service aux Collectivités de l'Université du Québec à Montréal CY - Laboratoire de recherche sur le droit du travail et le développement PB - Université McGill A1 - Gallerand, Elsa A1 - Gallié, Martin A1 - Ollivier Gobeil, Jeanne Y1 - 2015/01/09/ UR - http://www.mcgill.ca/lldrl/files/lldrl/15.01.09_rapport_fr_vu2.5.11_0.pdf UR - http://www.mcgill.ca/lldrl/files/lldrl/15.01.09_rapport_en_vu1.1.13_0.pdf Y2 - 2015-01-29 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Briefing Note: An analysis of the recently reformed Live-in Caregiver Program in Canada CY - http://salimahvaliani.wordpress.com/ A1 - Valiani, Salimah Y1 - 2014/11/04/ UR - http://salimahvaliani.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/briefing-note-an-analysis-of-the-recently-reformed-live-in-caregiver-program-in-canada/ Y2 - 2014-11-07 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Still enslaved: The migrant domestic workers who are trapped by the immigration rules CY - London, UK PB - Kalayaan, Justice for migrant domestic workers A1 - Kalayaan,  Y1 - 2014/// T3 - Kalayaan, Justice for migrant domestic workers ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Canada’s live-in caregiver program ‘ran out of control’ and will be reformed: Jason Kenney A1 - Hough, Jennifer Y1 - 2014/06/24/ UR - http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06/24/canadas-live-in-caregiver-program-ran-out-of-control-and-will-be-reformed-jason-kenney/?__federated=1 Y2 - 2014-06-25 JA - The National Post ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign workers won’t be temporary if we make them permanent N2 - They are allowed into Canada to do jobs most Canadians would refuse at rates of pay most Canadians would never stand for, and then they have to leave. They are separated from their families for years. They aren’t allowed to settle, marry, bring their children over, expect a raise or change jobs. They have to live in rooms provided by their employers, and they cannot realistically quit without being forced out of the country. A1 - Saunders, Doug Y1 - 2014/05/01/ UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-workers-wont-be-temporary-if-we-make-them-permanent/article18200187/ Y2 - 2014-05-01 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada: Are They Really Filling Labour Shortages? N1 - "Between 2002 and 2013, Canada eased the hiring conditions of TFWs several times, supposedly because of a reported labour shortage in some occupations, especially in western Canada. By 2012, the number of employed TFWs was 338,000, up from 101,000 in 2002, yet the unemployment rate remained the same at 7.2 percent. Furthermore, these policy changes occurred even though there was little empirical evidence of shortages in many occupations" (p.1) This statement suggests that TFW are preferred to Canadians since they are less expensive and more docile. "Ideally, a TFW program offers employers access to an indispensable temporary workforce until domestic workers become available. Employers thus should regard foreign workers as available only for a short period, and not attempt to use the program as a way to circumvent the search for and hiring of domestic workers.20 A successful TFW program thus should encourage employers to attract and train domestic workers for jobs that are permanent, possibly with federal government help, so that the labour market exhibits a better balance in the medium term. The current Canadian program, however, still falls short of this goal" (p.22). IS - Commentary 407 PB - CD Howe Institute N2 - Between 2002 and 2013, Canada eased the hiring conditions of TFWs several times, supposedly because of a reported labour shortage in some occupations, especially in western Canada. By 2012, the number of employed TFWs was 338,000, up from 101,000 in 2002, yet the unemployment rate remained the same at 7.2 percent. Furthermore, these policy changes occurred even though there was little empirical evidence of shortages in many occupations. When controlling for differences across provinces, I find that changes to the TFWP that eased hiring conditions accelerated the rise in unemployment rates in Alberta and British Columbia. A1 - Gross, Dominique M. Y1 - 2014/04/24/ UR - http://fr.scribd.com/doc/220173487/CD-Howe-Institute-Commentary-407-Temporary-Foreign-Workers-in-Canada-Are-They-Really-Filling-Labour-Shortages UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/where-are-the-labour-shortages-if-only-we-knew/article18131094/ Y2 - 2014-04-26 T3 - CD Howe Institute: Commentary 407 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Recruiters charging foreign workers in Ontario illegal fees as high as $12,000 for jobs that might not exist, report finds N2 - The number of temporary foreign workers in Canada has more than tripled since 2000 to 338,213 in 2012 providing a boon for job recruiters, some of whom are exploiting foreign workers, a new report finds. Recruiters are charging fees as high as $12,000 for jobs that might not exist and seizing workers’ passports, the report, published Tuesday by the Metcalf Foundation, says. Such practices persist among live-in caregivers, who are theoretically protected against these practices by Ontario law, as well as migrant workers, who aren’t protected, in other “lower skill” industries such as agriculture, food processing, and cleaning. A1 - Browne, Rachel Y1 - 2014/04/10/ UR - http://business.financialpost.com/2014/04/10/recruiters-charging-foreign-workers-in-ontario-illegal-fees-as-high-as-12000-for-jobs-that-might-not-exist-report-finds/ Y2 - 2014-04-14 JA - Financial Post ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Exploited for profit, failed by governments : Indonesian migrant domestic workers trafficked to Hong Kong N1 - **: The inability to find new employment in the two-week time limit leaves migrant domestic workers with little choice but to remain in abusive and/or exploitative conditions or accept jobs with unfavourable work conditions in order to maintain their immigration status. In 2006, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,370 raised concerns that the Two-Week Rule pushes “foreign domestic workers to accept employment which may have unfair or abusive terms and conditions in order to stay in Hong Kong” ...In addition to increasing migrant domestic worker’s vulnerability to exploitative and abusive working conditions, the Two-Week Rule also significantly impedes their ability to access redress mechanisms in Hong Kong -p.76 CY - London PB - Amnesty International N2 - The workers are not tied to a single employer. However, if they leave their employer, they only have 2 weeks to find another, or else they fall under irregular status, a policy which acts similar to employer bondage. A1 - Amnesty International, International Secretariat,  Y1 - 2013/// KW - Trafficking UR - https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA17/029/2013/en/ Y2 - 2015-11-04 ER - TY - GOVDOC T1 - Statistiques sur les avis relatifs au marché du travail (AMT) - Statistiques annuelles. Programme des aides familiaux résidants PAFR N2 - Nombre de postes de travailleurs étrangers temporaires visés par les avis positifs relatifs au marché du travail émis dans le cadre du Programme d'aides familiaux résidants, par province/territoire. A1 - Emploi et développement social Canada,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.edsc.gc.ca/fra/emplois/travailleurs_etrangers/statistiques_amt/annuel-pafr.shtml Y2 - 2014-04-14 VL - Mis à jour 18 octobre 2013 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Mondialisation, travail et précarisation : le travail migrant temporaire au coeur de la dynamique de centrifugation de l'emploi vers les marchés périphériques du travail IS - 2 N2 - Résumé Trois exemples de programmes gouvernementaux favorisant l’essor du travail migrant en régime dérogatoire sur les marchés périphériques du travail sont ici examinés : 1) les travailleurs agricoles saisonniers migrants embauchés dans le cadre du Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers (PTAS) ; 2) les aides domestiques migrantes embauchées dans le cadre du Programme des aides familiaux résidants (PAFR) ; 3) les travailleurs migrants temporaires dits « non qualifiés » embauchés dans le cadre du Projet pilote relatif aux professions exigeant un niveau réduit de formation. Dans l’après-fordisme, la logique de flexibilisation place le travail migrant temporaire au coeur d’une dynamique de précarisation par la centrifugation de l’emploi vers les marchés périphériques du travail. De plus, on observe l’instrumentalisation de cette main-d’oeuvre au rabais, non seulement exploitée, mais, encore, dans une stratégie d’éclatement d’un régime de travail de type universaliste. Mots-clés : précarisation, marchés périphériques du travail, travailleurs migrants, mondialisation, état, flexibilisation Abstract Globalization, work and the casualization of labour : Temporary migrant labour in the drive of employment toward the marginal job markets This article examines three government programs favouring the rapid expansion of migrant labour into the marginal job markets: 1) seasonal migrant farm workers hired in the framework of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) ; 2) migrant domestic housekeepers hired in the framework of the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP) ; and 3) so-called “unqualified” temporary migrant workers hired in the framework of the Pilot Project for Occupations Requiring Lower Levels of Formal Training. Given the emphasis placed on flexibility in the post-Fordist era, temporary migrant work epitomizes the drive toward casualization of labour and the pushing of jobs into marginal labour markets. The instrumentalization and exploitation of this type of labour is further compounded and intensified by globalization. Keywords: casualization, marginal labour markets, migrant workers, globalization, state, flexibilization A1 - Noiseux, Yanick Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.ieim.uqam.ca/spip.php?page=article-ceim&id_article=7988 UR - http://www.erudit.org/revue/rs/2012/v53/n2/1012406ar.html?vue=resume&mode=restriction Y2 - 2014-04-03 JA - Recherches sociographiques VL - LIII SP - 387 M2 - 387 SP - 387-412 ER - TY - GEN T1 - Les flux des travailleurs migrants temporaires et le rôle ambivalent de l'État : impacts sur la précarisation du travail et la syndicalisation PB - GIREPS, UQAM N2 - Résumé. Cette communication dresse un bilan critique des programmes canadiens de migration temporaire encadrant ce phénomène des flux de travailleurs migrants temporaires pour, ensuite, repérer certains de leurs principaux impacts, tant au niveau des collectifs de travailleurs et de leurs conditions de travail et de séjour qu'à celui du monde du travail au Québec. Elle s’interrogera, ensuite, sur la logique de gestion des flux migratoires de la main-d’oeuvre temporaire dans le cadre d’une étroite collaboration, sinon d’une véritable coordination, entre les entreprises des différents secteurs et l'État, à travers certains de ses organes ad hoc. A1 - Soussi, Sid Ahmed Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.gireps.org/sites/default/files/Soussi,%20Les%20flux%20de%20travailleurs%20migrants%20temporaires.pdf Y2 - 2014-04-01 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Temporary foreign workers: a growing reality. But is it the right one? A1 - Rollmann, Hans Y1 - 2011/07/05/ UR - http://theindependent.ca/2011/07/04/temporary-foreign-workers-a-growing-reality-but-is-it-the-right-one/ Y2 - 2011-07-06 JA - TheIndependent.ca ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Canada’s immigration policy: Who is on the guest list? N2 - This week, the Minister of Immigration and Citizenship rightly noted that immigrants are Canada’s ticket to economic growth in the coming years. A1 - Yalnizyan, Armine Y1 - 2011/02/18/ UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/the-economists/canadas-immigration-policy-who-is-on-the-guest-list/article1913178/ Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - GLobe and Mail ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign workers earn ‘substantially’ less than Canadians N2 - Temporary foreign workers earn substantially less than their Canadian counterparts and their most common jobs are as live-in caregivers, housekeepers and cleaners, says a new report. A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2010/06/08/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/820783--foreign-workers-earn-substantially-less-than-canadians?bn=1%E2%80%8E Y2 - 2011-06-08 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Les travailleurs étrangers temporaires et les travailleurs sans statut légal : rapport du Comité permanent de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration N1 - président, David Tilson. Rapport du Comité permanent de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration Temporary foreign workers and non-status workers 28 cm. "40e législature, 2e session". Diffusé par le Programme des services de dépôt du gouvernement du Canada. CY - Ottawa PB - Comité permanent de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration N2 - Au cours de la deuxième session de la 39e législature, le Comité a parcouru le Canada du 31 mars au 17 avril pour entendre des témoignages sur les travailleurs étrangers temporaires et les travailleurs sans statut légal (ou sans papiers1) et sur deux autres sujets. Durant une période de trois semaines, il a reçu une bonne centaine de mémoires (voir l’annexe B) et entendu plusieurs dizaines de témoins (voir l’annexe A) dans les 12 villes où il s’est arrêté : Vancouver, Edmonton, Moosejaw, Winnipeg, Kitchener- Waterloo, Scarborough, Toronto, Dorval, Québec, Fredericton, Halifax et St. John’s. Le Comité actuel a cru qu’il était important de terminer ce travail pendant la 40e législature. Les travailleurs étrangers temporaires et les travailleurs sans statut légal ont des parcours d’entrée au Canada qui sont différents, des statuts différents et des perspectives différentes de participation économique et sociale à la vie canadienne. Cependant, ils ont en commun leur statut non permanent et leur vulnérabilité à l’exploitation, ils viennent combler les mêmes pénuries de main-d’oeuvre et ont les mêmes difficultés à obtenir leur résidence permanente. La partie I du présent rapport s’attache aux programmes canadiens d’immigration destinés aux travailleurs étrangers temporaires. Elle met en lumière la situation actuelle et la vision pour l’avenir, les possibilités de transition du statut de travailleur temporaire à celui de résident permanent et divers aspects des programmes eux-mêmes, à savoir leurs composantes administratives, la protection des travailleurs et l’expérience des travailleurs. La partie II porte sur les travailleurs sans statut légal, terme adopté par le Comité au cours de son étude. Elle propose des moyens d’enrayer la croissance de la population de travailleurs sans statut légal. A1 - Canada. Parlement. Chambre des communes. Comité permanent de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration.,  Y1 - 2009/// T3 - 40e législation, 2e session ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Les travailleuses et les travailleurs temporaires : élargir nos solidarités. PB - CSN N2 - Texte adopté par le conseil confédéral A1 - CSN,  Y1 - 2008/// ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Temporary Employment and Social Inequality in Canada: Exploring Intersections of Gender, Race and Immigration Status IS - 1 N2 - Using data from the 2002–2004 waves of Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, this article investigates the consequences of different types of temporary employment—fixed-term or contract, casual, agency and seasonal employment—for differently situated workers in Canada. Attention to intersecting social locations of gender, race and immigrant status helps capture the complex implications of temporary work for inequality. In particular, it highlights the salience of gender relations in shaping workers’ experience of insecurity in different types of temporary employment. A1 - Vosko, Leah F A1 - Fuller, Sylvia Y1 - 2008/// UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-007-9201-8 Y2 - 2014-04-21 JA - Social Indicators Research VL - 88 SP - 20 M2 - 20 SP - 20 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Deskilling across the Generations: Reunification among Transnational Filipino Families in Vancouver A1 - Philippine Women Centre - BC,  A1 - Pratt, Geraldine Y1 - 2008/// UR - http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/pratt_wkPpr_familyreunification_e.pdf Y2 - 2014-04-20 T2 - Metropolis ER - TY - THES T1 - Travailleurs étrangers temporaires au Canada : proposition de mises à jour des catégories et indicateurs démographiques PB - Université de Montréal A1 - Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier,  Y1 - 2008/// VL - M.SC T2 - Démographie ER - TY - GOVDOC T1 - Bilan de la consultation. Le programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires. PB - MICC A1 - Ministère de l'immigration et des communautés culturelles (MICC),  Y1 - 2008/02/05/ ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Revue de presse - Ignorés et oubliés A1 - Cornellier, Manon Y1 - 2008/01/06/ UR - http://media2.ledevoir.com/societe/medias/170761/revue-de-presse-ignores-et-oublies Y2 - 2014-04-22 JA - Le Devoir ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Mieux encadrer le recours aux travailleuses et aux travailleurs temporaires PB - CSQ N2 - Mémoire présenté à la Consultation du ministère de l'immigration et des communautés culturelles (MICC) sur le programme des travailleurs temporaires par la Centrale des syndicats du Québec. A1 - CSQ,  Y1 - 2007/// ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Une politique canadienne discriminatoire A1 - Victor Piché,  Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://www.cjf.qc.ca/fr/relations/article.php?ida=687 Y2 - 2014-04-07 JA - Relations VL - octobre-novembre 2007 SP - 15 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Analysis, Solidarity, Action—A Workers’ Perspective on the Increasing Use of Migrant Labour in Canada A1 - Canadian Labour Congress,  A1 - Valiani, Salimah Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://www.academia.edu/4973517/Analysis_Solidarity_Action-a_Workers_Perspective_on_the_Increasing_Use_of_Migrant_Labour_in_Canada_Canadas_Part_in_the_Global_Integration_of_Labour_Markets Y2 - 2011-05-27 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Canada's live-in caregiver program: In whose interest? CY - Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) - Oxford A1 - Spitzer, D. Y1 - 2006/// T2 - International Labour Migration: In Whose Interest? ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Le Programme des aides familiaux résidants - Son impact sur les femmes philippines au Canada N2 - L'article décrit le Programme des aides familiaux résidants institué en 1992 par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada (CIC). Il s'agit d'un programme d'immigration du gouvernement canadien drainant plusieurs femmes de pays sous-développés et majoritairement des Philippines. Celles-ci ont la possibilité d'obtenir le statut d'immigrante reçue après avoir travaillé 24 mois comme aide familialerésidante dans une période de 3 ans. Selon l'article, il s'agit d'une ségrégation des femmes philippines comme main-d'oeuvre bon marché contribuant au cycle de pauvreté de la communauté philippine au Canada. Le programme devient de plus en plus régressif et exploitant avec la mondialisation corporative. A1 - Solidarity Across Borders,  Y1 - 2004/// KW - Philippines KW - Exploitation KW - domestique KW - PAFR KW - abus JA - Solidarité sans frontières SP - 7 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Immigrant Workers: Learning to Labour in Canada: Rights and Organizing Strategies PB - Immigrant Workers’ Centre N2 - Researchers: Eric Shragge, (Project Leader) School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University Jill Hanley, Ph.D. candidate, Ecole de Service Social, Université de Montréal Steven Jordan, Faculty of Education, McGill University Elizabeth Wood, Faculty of Education, McGill University Research Partner: Immigrant Workers’ Centre, Tess Tessalona, Coordinator, Montreal Videotape Collaboration: Malcolm Guy, Multi Monde, Montreal Research Plan: This research project will begin with the work experience of recent immigrants to Canada, and explore their learning strategies to secure social and labour rights in the workplace. The partner organization is the Immigrant Workers’ Centre (IWC) in Montreal. Located in a multi-cultural neighbourhood, this centre was founded in 2000 in order to work toward supporting immigrant workers in their struggles to gain social and union rights. The underlying belief of the centre is that effective education and organizing work can most effectively take place in the neighbourhood. A1 - Hanley, Jill A1 - Jordan, Steve A1 - Shragge, Eric A1 - Wood, Elizabeth Y1 - 2000/// UR - http://www.wallnetwork.ca/research/Shragge5pager.pdf Y2 - 2014-03-27 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Uneven gains: Filipina Domestic Workers in Canada CY - Ottawa PB - North-South Institute A1 - Grandea, Nona Y1 - 1996/// UR - http://books.google.com/books/about/Uneven_gains.html?id=9SBYAAAAYAAJ Y2 - 2011-08-17 T3 - Philippines-Canada Human Resources Development Program ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Enquête sur les besoins québécois en matière de personnel domestique PB - Direction des politique et programmes d'immigration MCCI A1 - Direction des politique et programmes d'immigration MCCI,  A1 - Benzakour , Chakib A1 - Lemay, Marie-Josée Y1 - 1991/// T3 - Rapport d'enquête ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Les domestiques immigrantes au Canada CY - Ottawa PB - Société historique du Canada A1 - Barber, Marilyn Y1 - 1991/// UR - http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/300/cha-shc/groupes_ethniques_du_canada/E-16_fr.pdf Y2 - 2011-08-04 ER -