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1	The role and regulation of private, for-profit employment agencies in the British Columbia labour market and the recruitment of temporary foreign workers Parrott, Daniel 18 August 2011 (has links) My thesis examines the role and regulation of private, for-profit employment agencies in the British Columbia labour market with respect to the recruitment of temporary foreign workers. In it, I reviewed the historical origins of employment agency legislation in Canada. I go on to describe Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program in connection with the transfer of federal immigration authority to the provinces. I also present a case study demonstrating how temporary foreign workers are recruited for the Live-in Caregiver Program in British Columbia, and use the study as a basis for comparing British Columbia’s employment agency legislation with the agency licensing regimes in the other Western Provinces. I conclude that Manitoba’s recent Worker Recruitment and Protection Act frames a best practice model for the protection of foreign workers during the recruitment process, and I encourage other provinces like British Columbia to develop and legislatively frame a similar set of best practices. / Graduate British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Temporary Foreign Workers Employment Agencies Employment Standards Legislation Foreign Worker Recruitment Law Live-in Caregiver Program Immigration Policy Philippines Canada Employment Agencies Legislation