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The Canadian government is using an investigation into allegations of McDonald?s violating temporary guest workers? rights in Alberta and British Columbia as cause to investigate the entire chain?s labor practices across Canada. Canada has maintained is Temporary Foreign Worker Program for organizations who have attempted to hire in Canadian citizens or permanent residents, but found a ?demonstrable shortage? of qualified workers. The program then permits the organization to hire foreign workers. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program administrators assert that with Canada?s youth unemployment at about 14%, McDonalds should have had no trouble finding workers qualified to flip burgers. Yet, the claims against McDonalds are that not only did the company hire guest workers when qualified local workers were ready, willing, and able to take on their job openings, but the two franchises actively tried to push residents and citizens out of jobs in favor of the more temporary foreign workers.