"Guest Workers" bolting for freedom upon arrival

Syndicated from Oil Sands Truth on Thu, 2008-05-15

Foreign workers pull disappearing act: employer

Updated Thu. May. 15 2008 10:25 AM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

The foreign worker program is causing big headaches, says one Calgary employer, who complains that 20 of his employees pulled a disappearing act soon after arriving in the country.

Calgary business owner, Owen Colbourne, has brought in 31 foreign labourers to work at his manufacturing and consulting company in the past 18 months.

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