Canada's federal government has moved to scrap the four-in, four-out rule under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, with immediate effect.
Under the rule, temporary foreign workers who had been in Canada for four years became ineligible to work here for the next four years.
When the rule was implemented in April 2011, critics said it would dramatically increase the number of undocumented immigrants in Canada.
A further impact was that some workers saw their permits expire before applications for permanent residence had been processed, leaving them stuck in limbo without the right to work.
Scrapping the rule is in line with Standing Committee recommendations made in September 2016 after a summer spent studying the TFWP.
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