Companies charged with misrepresentation, failing to provide necessary documents
Ontario has fined a Toronto temporary help agency and a Brampton immigration company a combined $60,000 following convictions for failing to produce employment records and misrepresenting information in an immigration application.
Both matters were concluded in the Provincial Offences Court in Toronto on Feb. 27, 2026, according to the Ontario government.
In each case, the court also imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act, with the Ontario government stating that the surcharge is credited to a special provincial fund to assist victims of crime.
Failing to provide records
In the first case, 1000466616 Ontario Inc. – a licensed temporary help agency operating at 804‑2940 Jane Street in Toronto – and its director, Che Sang Duong, were convicted for failing to comply with statutory demands for records issued by an employment standards officer.
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development said the defendants “failed to produce records demanded by an employment standards officer contrary to section 91(8) of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), constituting offences under section 132 of the Act.”
An employment standards officer conducting an inspection of the company issued demands for records to the corporation and its director on Nov. 15, 2023. The demands required the production of records relating to a client of the temporary help agency by Nov. 25, 2023, the Ontario government said.
No records were submitted by the deadline and no extension was requested, resulting in the contravention of the ESA provisions cited by the ministry.
Following a guilty plea, 1000466616 Ontario Inc. was fined $30,000 and Duong was fined $10,000 by Justice of the Peace Pete Karageorgos. Crown counsel was Christine Perruzza.
Coming changes to the Canada Labour Code will mean a significant shift in how federally regulated employers use temporary workers. The amendments, set to come into force in "early 2026", prohibit wage differences between temporary agency workers and permanent employees performing substantially the same work, require employers to justify any pay disparities within 90 days of an employee request, and extend the same protections to part-time workers who have historically earned less per hour than full-time counterparts.
Penalised over misrepresentation
In the second case, Grayfeather Immigration Inc. – based at 189 Fernforest Drive in Brampton – was convicted in relation to an application to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), Express Entry Skilled Trades stream.
The Ontario government said the company “made written misrepresentation in connection with an immigration application and submitted a document that falsely claimed the applicant met criteria for approval, contrary to subsection 29(2) (now section 15.1) of the Ontario Immigration Act.”
The offence occurred on March 24, 2023. Grayfeather Immigration Inc. represented an applicant to the OINP Express Entry Skilled Trades stream in March 2023 and was paid for its services. The ministry noted that the company’s director was at the time “a member in good standing with the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants.”
According to the government, the application included employment information that the OINP was unable to verify, resulting in refusal of the application. An investigation determined that the application “included falsely represented employment information.”
The investigation also found that, although the applicant had paid the company for its services, “the application failed to disclose the use of an authorized representative, as required by the program,” the ministry said.
Following a guilty plea in the Ontario Provincial Offences Court in Toronto, Grayfeather Immigration Inc. was fined $20,000 by Justice of the Peace Pete Karageorgos. Crown counsel was Dan Phelan. The Ontario government said the court imposed the standard 25 per cent victim fine surcharge in this case as well.
The ministry said the company “was fined $20,000 for misrepresenting an immigration application.”
Earlier this year, Ottawa unveiled its 2026 Express Entry categories, tightening Canada’s flagship immigration system around a smaller group of highly skilled candidates seen as critical to the country’s labour market and strategic priorities. The new slate of targeted categories under Express Entry are framed as part of the federal International Talent Attraction Strategy and broader efforts to “take back control” of immigration levels while still supporting economic growth.
