Translation of "embauchage des travailleurs étrangers " (French → English) :

When assessing an application for an LMO, HRSDC and Service Canada consider whether the wages and working conditions are comparable to those offered to Canadians working in the occupation; the employer has made reasonable efforts to hire or train Canadians for the job; the foreign worker is filling a labour shortage; the employment of the foreign worker will directly create new job opportunities or help retain jobs for Canadians; the foreign worker will transfer new skills and knowledge to Canadians; and the hiring of the foreign worker will not involve a labour dispute or the employment of any Canadian worker involved in such a dis ...[+++]pute.

In addition, foreign workers, including key personnel and investors, except for EEA-nationals, are subject to the provisions of the Foreign Labour Act including the labour market test and the quota system.

Immigration policies should, therefore, aim to keep the admission of foreign workers on an even keel in the medium-term and to avoid stop-and-go policies.

This means welcoming innovative newcomers, including foreign-born workers who often bring in new ideas and a new spirit of enterprise.

Information about the size of this immigration and their workplaces is needed together with information about the emigration of skilled European citizens in order to identify possible barriers for the European knowledge-based economy. Also the apparently more frequent use of temporary foreign workers, in particular within foreign affiliates, needs to be addressed by future statistics.

* The better integration of legal migrants living and working in the EU, with a special emphasis on the equal treatment of legally employed foreign workers and the policies which aim at non-discrimination of third country nationals; special attention should be given to the fight against racism and xenophobia and to education and training including the vocational integration of students in their countries of origin; ways of regulating demand and supply of low skilled labour, e.g. through temporary working permits, in view of a radical reduction of the pull factor for illegal migration into the EU;