OTTAWA — The federal government has informed employers using the temporary foreign worker program that they could be fined up to $1 million, be publicly named and be banned from using the program if they violate the COVID-19 conditions — particularly that incoming workers be isolated for 14 days.
“I don’t think any operation could withstand a million-dollar fine, or hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, no matter what size you are,” he said. George himself is a wine-grape grower in the Niagara region who uses a small number of Mexican migrant workers.“They’re extremely high fines, but they’re meant to be a deterrent for people breaking the rules,” George said.
“Some workers will be contacted for interviews conducted by phone or video conference,” the email said. He also said interviewing workers will be a lot more difficult than it sounds, given many won’t yet have working cell phones in Canada. “There’s no way for the government to directly contact the workers, so the way they have to do it is they have to tell the employer to tell the employee to talk to them, usually with the employer hovering in the background behind them,” he said.
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Corporations have no problems with paying steep fines. But they do have a problem with public shaming as it costs them far more than any fine imposed.
immlawyercanada Why would they leave the tax payer funded hotel to go work picking fruit. 🙄 Trudeau covid19Canada
But the Liberal government didn’t quarantine flights from China and Europe.....day after day after day......who should be chastised for that?
Ueath, right. You don't really think that will come to pass? Nobody will fine anybody. Chill down!