Jeremy J. Nuttall, who exposed in The Tyee the illegal practice of recruiters charging international workers to gain entry to Canada's Temporary Foreign Workers Program, carries his investigation forward with funding from Tyee readers. As the Conservative government declared it was reforming the system, Nuttall spent months investigating how workers, imported from countries ranging from the Philippines to Jamaica, are subject to abuse and what it would take to eliminate the practice.
In This Series
As Foreign Temp Program Rolls on, Oil Patch Workers Replaced
And more signs reforms fall short. First in a Tyee reader-funded series investigating controversial federal initiative.
Why 'Abuse' of Temp Foreign Workers Is Hard to Stop
PM Harper has now admitted it happens. What can halt it? Second in a Tyee reader-funded series.
As Temp Workers Flow from Jamaica, Scammers Swoop
Illegal fees, empty promises. Caribbean victims speak as Tyee reader-funded series continues.
'Ghosts' Exploit Canada's Foreign Temp Worker Program
Federal fixes can't reach fraudsters cheating applicants of life savings, admit officials.