Ahmed Hussen vows to crack down on immigration consultants and protect ‘vulnerable’ newcomers
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen speaks in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019.Canada’s Immigration Minister is promising new, tougher legislation to crack down on unscrupulous immigration consultants by giving the industry watchdog that oversees them more power to investigate and punish offenders.
The recruits had paid their agents tens of thousands of dollars, after being given false promises of a decent job or a spot in a career college, crucially with long-term work permits leading to permanent residency in Canada. They ended up underpaid and overworked in short-term jobs, unemployed or with useless career college degrees, all while facing or fearing deportation.
Ontario, with the highest number of foreign workers and students, has no law specifically governing recruitment. Currently, most low-wage temporary workers are restricted to one designated employer, which puts them at the mercy of their boss and their recruiter. Dozens of recruits told The Globe, because of that, it’s next to impossible to get a new work permit for another job without going back through an agent and paying more fees.
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