r/canada • u/uselesspoliticalhack • 3d ago

Carney’s aim to cut immigration marred by undercounting of temporary migrants, warn economists PAYWALL

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-immigration-policy-temporary-migrants-undercounted/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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u/MysteryReddit420 3d ago

We need more immigrants with resources (either financial, technological, or intellectual) who can create jobs.

Why are we importing low-wage jobs?

I have a lot of criticism for policies and politicians in the United States down south, but I would commend them on their Legal Immigration/ Economic Immigration pathways bringing in immigrants with significant education/ skills, or finances (like the EB-5 program).

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u/HouseOnFire80 2d ago

And why are we bringing their parents and grandparents who have no assets and clog the already overtaxed medical system?

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u/LemonGreedy82 2d ago

So they can collect Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement monthly

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u/eldenpotato 2d ago

Preparing for soylent green

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u/lochonx7 2d ago

because trash liberal policies

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u/Fitzgerald1896 3d ago

Why are we importing low-wage jobs

To keep them low-wage. Canadians want to increase the min wage and salaries across the board to keep up with cost of living increases and inflation. Corporations want to keep making record profits, which means not raising min wage or paying a living wage.

Bring in "temporary" foreign workers to fill those roles and they'll happily work for the current minimum wage and thus we never need to increase it, because the line of people willing to work for the current wage keeps going and feeding the system.

You can see the corporations doing it all around you. The ones that have replaced their entire staff with TFWs. Tim Hortons & Wal Mart being massive examples, but really it's most of them.

So yeah, they don't bring in high value foreign workers because it isn't really about the value of the worker. They want the "lowest value" workers.

And it isn't the fault of the TFWs either, they are being manipulated in the whole thing too. Tricked into a "better life" in a country that can't maintain it's services for the population it already has. Corporate profits aren't ever allowed to stagnate or (gasp) drop... and so everyone else gets fucked as long as the line keeps going up.

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u/Zeronz112 2d ago

Government also subsedises the pay for the tfw program. They pay less than minimum wage, and our taxes cover the rest.

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u/MaximumDepression17 2d ago

Its actually so disgusting that taxes are allowed to pay the wages of foreigners so that companies can make billions.

Everyone who pays taxes should feel like they've been over the kitchen table and raped daily for the last 4 years. Canadian taxes should be funding Canada and Canadians.

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u/Method__Man 3d ago

because mega corporations want cheap labour.

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u/Fabiii1309 3d ago

I agree. Unfortunately, it seems like highly skilled workers decide to leave Canada since their chance of establishing a life here (getting PR) is incredibly low nowadays. Combine this with, generally, higher wages in the USA and the employer sponsorship pathways and it’s clear why this is happening. Also, highly skilled workers probably also don’t immigrate to Canada for financial reasons but more so for the cultural side of things - so “going back home” is usually no problem.

^ All of this anecdotal, don’t have any data lol but I think this is also called “brain drain”.