Canadian Tire store under investigation for alleged exploitation of temporary foreign workers

“I was never introduced as a supervisor. I was told to work in the hardware department of the store as sales staff,” Pailan said, adding that his hourly wage was reduced from $20 to $16.55 before he resigned in frustration.

Another worker from the Philippines, who was hired as a warehouse supervisor for $27 an hour, shared a similar experience, alleging that his responsibilities were downgraded to manual labor tasks, and his pay was cut to $21 an hour.

Workers charged over $10,000 for TFWP applications 

According to The Globe and Mail, Natarajan worked with an Alberta-based immigration consultant, Allison Jones Consulting Services Inc., to hire some of the foreign workers, and that the consulting firm  charged the workers more than $10,000 each to process their applications for the TFW program.

The consulting firm did not respond to requests for comments, according to The Globe and Mail’s report.

Previously, a number of groups spoke up about how immigrants looking to land employment in Canada are being asked to pay tens of thousands of dollars by employers who are abusing the  TFW Program.