A New Brunswick seafood processing company is taking the federal government to court over what it calls an “unjust and disproportionate” penalty related to its treatment of temporary foreign workers.

Bolero Shellfish Processing Inc., based in Saint-Simon, is challenging the Federal Court after being fined $1 million and receiving a 10-year ban from Canada’s temporary foreign worker program — the biggest penalty ever issued by Employment and Social Development Canada.

In the judicial review application, the company denies allegations raised by a former employee and advocacy groups.

In court documents obtained by Global News, Bolero argues the government’s four-year investigation was filled with delays, flawed procedures and assumptions of guilt.

It says the ruling imposed “true pena

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