There has been a sharp increase in the number and percentage of temporary foreign workers who are taking advantage of a provision that allows them to switch employers after they arrive in Canada.
The federal government offered the provision after strident criticism, including from the United Nations, for limiting the workers to the employer who hired them upon entry to Canada.
The Toronto Star reports that 240 of 567 worker in 2019 took advantage of the provision, 2,060 of 3,930 last year and 2,395 of 3,121 between January and July this year.
