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

30 October, 2024 • 7 min read

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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)

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This story is a collaboration between the IJF and CBC News.

It took less than five minutes on the phone for a man selling a job on Kijiji to name his price: $25,000.

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

Carly Penrose

Apurva Bhat

Carly Penrose,
Apurva Bhat,
Valerie Ouellet,
Aloysius Wong

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