Kamloops News BC needs control over foreign worker program: Kelowna MLAGavin Dew, BC Conservative MLA for Kelowna-Mission. BC Conservative MLA Gavin Dew said it's time BC has more control over the program as it feeds the province's workforce, especially the Okanagan's agriculture sector. Employers are required to show that hiring a temporary foreign worker would benefit the local labour market, if it impacts the market at all, before they can outsource the job. Although recent criticism against the program is directed at foreign workers' impact on the domestic labour force, the vast majority of fines against employers are related to worker conditions. RAMA Okanagan, an advocacy group for foreign workers, said politicians are "scapegoating" temporary workers and said they are not responsible for "systemic issues" like housing and youth unemployment.