James Bisset, former head of the agency says Canadian immigration, that there are tens of thousands of people are staying illegally because there is no effective system for screening refugees. And in 2008 released a report showing that the Canadian government has lost contact 40 thousand illegal immigrants.
Four years ago, on April 1, 2011, the Conservative Cabinet passed a regulation known as the "4 in, 4 out" rule, which will require all foreign workers who have been working in the country for four years or more to go and stay outside of Canada for at least four years. Starting April 1, those still in the country will be classified as illegal.
In theory, a temporary foreign worker can apply to enter permanent resident status within those four years in Canada, but in practice those designated as "low wage" generally will not qualify for this. Some provinces, including Manitoba and Alberta, have used their limited scope of authority to nominate "low-wage" workers to permanent resident status, but the number of cases in which this has occurred is small.
Then, by April 1, 2015, all temporary foreign workers who arrived on or before April 01, 2011, must leave the country. However, some are expected to remain living and working in Canada without legal status. We know this because it is what has happened since the mid-1940s until now in every country in the world that has implemented a mass guest worker regime.
This is what any competent bureaucrat from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration knew and probably told the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in 2006, when the government decided to dramatically expand and not fully regulate the temporary foreign worker program, and again in the 2011, when the government established the "4 in, 4 out" rule.
Temporary foreign workers remain after their visas expire and go underground for various reasons. Their families abroad may depend on their shipments for subsistence. They may have been exploited by rapacious "recruiters" and / or unscrupulous employers. Returning home with nothing on your hands and possibly indebted not only stigmatizes, it can be dangerous.
Some workers may even feel at home in Canada, gradually becoming potential members of the society where they live, work, and pay taxes. Some Canadians may consider the government guest worker scheme wrong and do not believe it should continue. But removing it will not solve the dilemma of those temporary foreign workers who are already here and who are the target of the "4 in, 4 out" rule.
It is widely known that some sectors of the US economy have become dependent on undocumented workers, of whom there are an estimated 11 million. Some employers consider them desirable labor precisely because their danger of deportation assures them that "they will work hard and in fear." These employers are also known to use their political influence accordingly.
Immigrants without legal status are also easy targets for vilification. The transition from "illegal immigrant" to "criminal" is easy in popular discourse. A government that is seeking to supplement false refuge, marriage fraud and foreign terrorist with a new category of bad immigrant and a new excuse to get tough on non-citizens, may find it convenient to add "illegal immigrants" to the list. The government's role in outlawing these immigrants may go unnoticed.
On March 31, temporary foreign workers will go to sleep as hardworking, legally employed, tax-paying residents of Canada, and will wake up the next day as illegal immigrants.
Four years ago, on April 1, 2011, the Conservative Cabinet passed a regulation known as the "4 in, 4 out" rule, which will require all foreign workers who have been working in the country for four years or more to go and stay outside of Canada for at least four years. Starting April 1, those still in the country will be classified as illegal.
In theory, a temporary foreign worker can apply to enter permanent resident status within those four years in Canada, but in practice those designated as "low wage" generally will not qualify for this. Some provinces, including Manitoba and Alberta, have used their limited scope of authority to nominate "low-wage" workers to permanent resident status, but the number of cases in which this has occurred is small.
Then, by April 1, 2015, all temporary foreign workers who arrived on or before April 01, 2011, must leave the country. However, some are expected to remain living and working in Canada without legal status. We know this because it is what has happened since the mid-1940s until now in every country in the world that has implemented a mass guest worker regime.
This is what any competent bureaucrat from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration knew and probably told the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in 2006, when the government decided to dramatically expand and not fully regulate the temporary foreign worker program, and again in the 2011, when the government established the "4 in, 4 out" rule.
Temporary foreign workers remain after their visas expire and go underground for various reasons. Their families abroad may depend on their shipments for subsistence. They may have been exploited by rapacious "recruiters" and / or unscrupulous employers. Returning home with nothing on your hands and possibly indebted not only stigmatizes, it can be dangerous.
Some workers may even feel at home in Canada, gradually becoming potential members of the society where they live, work, and pay taxes. Some Canadians may consider the government guest worker scheme wrong and do not believe it should continue. But removing it will not solve the dilemma of those temporary foreign workers who are already here and who are the target of the "4 in, 4 out" rule.
It is widely known that some sectors of the US economy have become dependent on undocumented workers, of whom there are an estimated 11 million. Some employers consider them desirable labor precisely because their danger of deportation assures them that "they will work hard and in fear." These employers are also known to use their political influence accordingly.
Immigrants without legal status are also easy targets for vilification. The transition from "illegal immigrant" to "criminal" is easy in popular discourse. A government that is seeking to supplement false refuge, marriage fraud and foreign terrorist with a new category of bad immigrant and a new excuse to get tough on non-citizens, may find it convenient to add "illegal immigrants" to the list. The government's role in outlawing these immigrants may go unnoticed.
On March 31, temporary foreign workers will go to sleep as hardworking, legally employed, tax-paying residents of Canada, and will wake up the next day as illegal immigrants.
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