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Broaden foreign worker ban: Sims NDP critic says ban on restaurant use doesn’t go far enough By Jeff Nagel She also called for an independent audit of the program, which she said The Conservative government should must be highly regulated and enforced to extend a new moratorium on the use of temporary foreign workers in restaurants ensure skilled Canadians can’t do work offered to foreigners who don’t come to all low-skilled entry-level jobs, achere through immigration channels. cording to the federal NDP. Enforcement of the TFW program Newton-North Delta is currently “non-existent” MP Jinny Sims, the Official and set to worsen with more Opposition’s employment scheduled federal governcritic, made the call May 2 at ment layoffs, she said. a student forum on the issue The issue has been promiin Cloverdale at Kwantlen nent in recent weeks after Polytechnic University. revelations some McDonalds “You would be amazed outlets in Victoria used temat where temporary foreign porary foreign workers from workers are being used,” the Phillipines instead of Sims told the audience of 60. available Canadian workers. “I’m not convinced we have The forum at the trades a labour shortage and if we and technology campus was do it’s very, very specific to organized by Kwantlen Polycertain areas.” Jinny Sims technic University’s trades Federal Employment students. Minister Jason Kenney last Welding student Dustynn Diack wormonth ordered the freeze on new hiring of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in ried employers are using the program to fill welding jobs in B.C., ahead of qualithe food services industry, citing serious fied local people who want the work. concerns from a government investiga“This is a potential threat to employtion into recent allegations of inapproment opportunities affecting myself and priate use of non-Canadians. my fellow tradespeople,” he said. Sims said a broader moratorium – With files from Jennifer Lang should not apply to agricultural workers or nannies.
Legacy to be unveiled Family, friends and colleagues of the late Bill Reid will be on hand in Cloverdale next week to honour his many contributions and service to the City of Surrey. A former MLA, cabinet minister, Rotarian and Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce executive director, and 2013 Citizen of
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the Year, Reid was known as “Mr. Surrey” and the unofficial mayor of Cloverdale. He passed away last May, but his legacy will be honoured by the city he loved. On May 15, mayor and councillors will hold an unveiling ceremony of the Bill Reid legacy project, which includes renaming
a large outdoor venue in his honour – the Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre, which is where the ceremony will be held, starting at 2 p.m. Surrey is also looking at renaming a street and commissioning a statue in Reid’s honour. – Cloverdale Reporter
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