Temporary foreign workers are a temporary fix, Connelly writes in Globe

Catherine Connelly

Canada Research Chair Catherine Connelly's editorial on temporary foreign workers appeared in the April 10 edition of the Globe and Mail newspaper.


Catherine Connelly is a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Organizational Behaviour at McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business. On Wednesday, April 10, The Globe and Mail published an editorial written by Connelly on the contentious subject of temporary foreign workers and their impact on employer/employee relations in Canada:

Despite their claims, companies that hire temporary foreign workers are unlikely to save much money in the long term.

The growing use of the federal government’s temporary foreign workers program has led to much discussion about the social costs of outsourcing entry-level jobs to non-Canadians, as well as speculation about how these companies can mitigate the reputational damage caused by their actions …

Click here to read the entire editorial in The Globe and Mail.