In early may, prime minister Stephen Harper's government suddenly announced that it was going to overhaul the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). This unexpected news came after it was revealed that Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) was using the program to train foreign workers who were preparing to take the jobs of 45 Canadians.Understandably, there was an outcry, which led to the clampdown. The government announced new rules intended to ensure that any employer using the program has a plan to transition to a Canadian labour force, and that employers could no longer pay foreign workers less than Canadians. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the moves would ensure the TFWP will be used only as intended: "to fill acute skills shortages on a temporary basis."