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'With or without job?': Online ads illegally sell jobs to temporary foreign workers

Deals selling job offers to foreign workers for up to $45K are 'outright fraud,' says Toronto immigration lawyer

Carly PenroseApurva Bhat
Carly Penrose, Apurva Bhat, Valerie Ouellet, Aloysius Wong

30 Oct 2024 • 7 min read

A young woman holds a blue cell phone, while a screen in the background shows an advertisement for an LMIA.
Investigative Journalism Foundation journalist Apurva Bhat went undercover to contact over 20 online sellers advertising Canadian jobs to temporary foreign workers. (Aloysius Wong/CBC)

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

Carly is a Toronto-based journalist. She holds a master of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine and The Canadian Press.

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