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    The QP Clip: Mulcair berates Subway and A&W

    The exchange you can’t miss from this afternoon’s Question Period

    Nick Taylor-Vaisey
    <p>NDP Leader Tom Mulcair speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand</p>

    NDP Leader Tom Mulcair speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

     

    NDP Leader Tom Mulcair hammered the government for letting its temporary foreign workers program get out of hand. Mulcair claimed all kinds of employers, including Subyway and A&W, were taking advantage of the program to hire foreign workers. Heritage Minister James Moore replied that the government addressed the program’s deficiencies in Budget 2013.

    Here’s the relevant excerpt from our QP liveblog.

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