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Government to pay for web monitoring service to detect fraud in foreign worker program

Contract notice follows IJF, CBC investigation finding online sellers advertising fake jobs to migrants on Facebook, Kijiji

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

5 May 2025 • 3 min read

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An ad shows LMIA in white block letters against a red background for sale for $500.
An online Facebook marketplace posting advertises a labour market impact assessment for sale to temporary foreign workers. Employment and Social Development Canada is planning to pay a company to monitor the web to clamp down on misuse of the LMIA program. (Facebook)

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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