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Employers: Process Applications and Adrian Wyld

employers: Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Tues., Dec. 13, 2016 Ottawa has eliminated the notorious 4-in-4-out rule that kicked out migrant workers after four years, ending what some critics call the revolving door of indentured labour to Canada, according to Toronto Star. In many ways, the four-year rule put a great deal of uncertainty and instability on both temporary workers and employers. We had the sense that it was an unnecessary burden on applicants and employers, and also on officers who process applications. We had the sense that it was an unnecessary burden on applicants and employers, and also on officers who process applications, Immigration Minister John McCallum said in a news release posted late Tuesday. The former Tory government introduced the rule in 2011 to ban migrant workers from returning to Canada for four years after they worked here for four. We believe this important recommendation . . . requires rapid action, which we are taking today. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.