Human Resources Minister Diane Finley announced changes today to the federal government's temporary worker program that she says will make it more efficient and responsive to Canada's labour market needs.

People collecting employment insurance may be pushed to fill seasonal jobs often done by temporary foreign workers if the federal government's proposed changes to the system go through.

Protesting student groups and the Quebec government have reached a tentative deal that calls for a temporary freeze on raising tuition fees while the two sides determine ways to roll back some of the increases still being planned.