India, Sept. 4 -- The Canadian government is reviewing its temporary foreign worker programme (TFW) but will not abolish, after it came under attack from the opposition on the issue.

Ahead of a Cabinet planning meeting in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, "It's part of what we are reviewing."

The review is of the immigration system and Carney said that "overall" the level "will decline from around seven per cent to date to around five per cent several years from now".

He said the TFW programme, which has faced criticism over misuse and fraud, still had a "role".

"We can't just erase this programme but we can definitely improve it," he said.

In fact, he stressed that for Canadian businesses ...