Valerie Ouellet
Valérie Ouellet is CBC's senior data journalist in Toronto. She recently investigated the Paradise Papers, prison deaths, RCMP misconduct and the troubled Phoenix pay system.
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CBC Investigates
ਅਸਥਾਈ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਕਾਮਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਗ਼ੈਰ-ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਔਨਲਾਈਨ ਵਿਗਿਆਪਨਾਂ ਚ ਵੇਚੀਆਂ ਜਾ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਨੌਕਰੀਆਂ
ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਅਸਥਾਈ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਕਾਮਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਪਰਮਿਟਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਸਖ਼ਤੀ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਦੋ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਬਾਅਦ, ਇੱਕ CBC/IJF ਜਾਂਚ ਨੇ ਪਾਇਆ ਕਿ ਦਰਜਨਾਂ ਔਨਲਾਈਨ ਵਿਗਿਆਪਨਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਅਜੇ ਵੀ ਲੇਬਰ ਮਾਰਕੀਟ ਇਮਪੈਕਟ ਅਸੈਸਮੈਂਟ (LMIA) ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਿਤ ਨੌਕਰੀਆਂ ਪਰਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ 45,000 ਡਾਲਰ ਤੱਕ ਵਿਚ ਵੇਚੀਆਂ ਜਾ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ।
Investigates |
CBC Investigates
This foreign worker says he paid his own wages for a cook position that didn't exist
A national restaurant company says it has given one of its franchisees 90 days to 'leave the franchise system' after a joint investigation by CBC and the Investigative Journalism Foundation shared allegations of an illegal payroll scheme at the restaurant.
Investigates |
CBC Investigates
'With or without job?': Online ads illegally sell jobs to temporary foreign workers
Two months after Ottawa cracked down on temporary foreign worker permits, a CBC/IJF investigation finds dozens of online ads still selling Labour Market Impact Assessment-approved jobs to migrants for up to $45,000 apiece.
Investigates |
CBC Investigates
Canada's foreign student push 'mismatched' job market, data shows
Canada’s recruitment of international students has tilted strongly toward filling spots in business programs, while doing little to meet the demand for workers in health care and the skilled trades, according to a CBC News analysis of federal data.
Canada -Toronto |
CBC Investigates
Suspended police officers cost Ontario taxpayers $134M over past decade
Police suspensions across Ontario have cost taxpayers approximately $134 million over the past 11 years, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News that surveyed reports about hundreds of officers who were sent home with pay after being accused of misconduct or breaking the law.
Canada -Ottawa |
CBC Investigates
Canada's international student spike was blamed on private colleges. Here's what really happened
Documents obtained by CBC News reveal which colleges and universities account for the greatest share of Canada’s steep growth in international students, and which have the most to lose from a new cap on permits to study in this country.
Canada -Toronto |
Exclusive
CBC News analysis finds thousands of Canadian authors, books in controversial dataset used to train AI
A CBC News investigation has found at least 2,500 copyrighted books written by more than 1,200 Canadian and Québécois authors were shared online as part of a massive — and now defunct — dataset used to train artificial intelligence.
Canada |
Commons committee calls for federal registry of breast implants
A new Commons committee report is calling on Ottawa to launch a mandatory national breast implant registry that would gather “reliable and comprehensive data on the risk and benefits” of implants and alert patients promptly in the event of a recall.
Politics |
Most doctors took financial hit in 1st year of COVID, but top earners did just fine
For most physicians in Canada, the first full year of the pandemic delivered a financial gut punch, according to an exclusive CBC News data analysis. But for a select group of highly paid doctors, it was a very different story.
Investigates |
CBC Investigates
Thousands of suspected injuries tied to breast implants revealed in manufacturer data dump, CBC analysis finds
Health Canada was left in the dark for years about thousands of suspected injuries and complications related to breast implants — including multiple mentions of a rare cancer — that manufacturers failed to report, CBC News has learned.
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