Announcement
20 Mar 2020
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that it would increase the maximum allowable employment duration for workers in the low-wage stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program from 1 to 2 years.
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Number of interventions
1
0 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
1 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
20 Mar 2020
Revocation date:
30 Apr 2024
Last action: 20 Mar 2020
Labour market access
On March 20, 2020 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that it would increase the maximum allowable employment duration for workers in the low-wa...
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Liberalising Trade Policy Measures
This Thread tracks liberalising trade policy interventions affecting all products. Covering all types of interventions monitored by Global Trade Alert, it highlights how the yearly number of these measures has evolved over time.
Published: 04 Sep 2024
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