I knew I wasn't losing my mind. Under the old TFW program that was frequently abused, employers could pay foreign workers 15% below market rates, and over half of applications were "questionable", AKA Denny's, A&W, Tim Hortons, etc...
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04...n_3064389.html
The old system was obviously flawed and needed to be fixed.