Cape John Crabs and Seafoods Ltd. (1351 Cape John Road, River John, NS, B0K 1N0) Found Non-Compliant with TFW Program - Fined $257000 CAD

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Cape John Crabs and Seafoods Ltd. was found non-compliant with Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program regulations following an official government investigation. The violations included: failing to demonstrate that the job description provided on the Labour Market Impact Assessment application was accurate for six years from the foreign worker's start date (Code 4); not providing requested documents to inspectors (Code 6); breaching federal, provincial, or territorial hiring and recruiting laws in Nova Scotia (Code 8); offering pay, working conditions, or job duties that did not match or exceed the employment offer (Code 9); and neglecting sufficient efforts to ensure the workplace was free from physical, sexual, psychological, financial abuse, or reprisal (Code 17). The federal government imposed a $257,000 CAD penalty on November 19, 2025, and banned the employer from the program until November 19, 2035. These serious infractions undermine worker protections, exploit vulnerable temporary foreign nationals, and erode the TFW program's integrity by prioritizing employer non-compliance over fair labour standards.