约100名工人抗议安大略省的立法机构, 要求恢复因欺诈导致的停业和持续的劳动力短缺而中止的技术行业移民潮。
About 100 workers protest Ontario’s legislature, demanding reinstatement of the suspended skilled trades immigration stream due to fraud-related shutdown and ongoing labour shortages.
约100名工人在安大略省立法机构外抗议了三周,要求恢复安大略移民移民提名方案的技术行业流,该方案在审查发现申请中普遍存在欺诈之后暂停执行。
About 100 workers have protested outside Ontario’s legislature for three weeks, demanding the reinstatement of the skilled trades stream of the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), suspended after a review found widespread fraud in applications.
该方案帮助雇主填补劳动力短缺,但因大多数呈件中伪造工作经验、伪造文件和收入记录不准确而停止实施。
The program, which helped employers fill labour shortages, was halted due to falsified work experience, forged documents, and inaccurate income records in most submissions.
雇主报告说,劳动力严重短缺,有些业务减少,有些则考虑搬迁。
Employers report severe labour shortages, with some reducing operations or considering relocation.
虽然总理道格·福特(Doug Ford)说工人的未来取决于联邦政府, 反对党领袖批评安大略没有负责地管理这个计划。
While Premier Doug Ford said the workers’ futures depend on the federal government, opposition leaders criticized Ontario for failing to manage the program responsibly.
负责监督OINP的劳动部没有发表意见,但提议将该方案从8个流减少到4个流。
The Ministry of Labour, which oversees the OINP, has not commented but proposes reducing the program from eight to four streams.
抗议者和企业所有者敦促对合法申请人进行公平处理。
Protesters and business owners urge fair processing for legitimate applicants.