The number of temporary foreign workers hired in Canada ballooned over the last two years — particularly in food and retail industries — and the youth unempl...
I don’t have a problem bringing in foreign workers if there’s a need for the skills or talent, but the minimum wage for those workers needs to be at least 70% more than Canadians citizens.
If a company has no alternative they’ll bring them over but otherwise they’ll give jobs to Canadians first.
These go back to 2012 and these are just some cherry picked headlines, entire program needs to be dismantled, or at least fundamentally changed. We’ve known about these issues for years, there’s no excuse.
I don’t have a problem bringing in foreign workers if there’s a need for the skills or talent, but the minimum wage for those workers needs to be at least 70% more than Canadians citizens.
If a company has no alternative they’ll bring them over but otherwise they’ll give jobs to Canadians first.
Add on a path to citizenship + protections, tfw program has a history of abuse, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-temporary-foreign-workers-open-permit-part-one-1.6534796 https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/temporary-foreign-workers-vulnerability-noted-in-sexual-harassment-case-1.3089970 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/who-s-looking-out-for-tim-hortons-temporary-foreign-workers-1.1282019
These go back to 2012 and these are just some cherry picked headlines, entire program needs to be dismantled, or at least fundamentally changed. We’ve known about these issues for years, there’s no excuse.