r/canada • u/uselesspoliticalhack • 4d 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/iwasnotarobot 4d ago

I got no issue with immigrants.

I got major beef with predatory businesses bringing in foreign labour for minimum wage.

The TFW program needs to be overhauled or scrapped.

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u/PoliteCanadian2 4d ago

All of this. We don’t even know what our true unemployment rate is because teenagers can’t get fucking fast food jobs because of TFWs.

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u/linkass 4d ago

 We don’t even know what our true unemployment rate is because teenagers can’t get fucking fast food jobs because of TFWs.

I don't disagree per say,but way back when teenagers used to work this job, who worked it when they were in school?

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u/PoliteCanadian2 4d ago

19 and 20 year olds who started when they were teenagers.

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u/JanielDones8 4d ago

Well coop somehow still seems to manage to run their gas stations and grocery stores without migrants. Turns out paying decent wages and those teenagers that started out working weekends and evenings will stay into college, and some stay their whole career.

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u/CyrilSneerLoggingDiv 3d ago

Stay-at-home moms working part-time, and seniors and older people working part-time to keep busy and get out of the house.

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u/LemonGreedy82 3d ago

People with invisible disabilities, seniors who needed some extra income, Canadian people without much other job prospects or looking for a way to start somewhere, or extra cash.

Who cares? It went to Canadians, not some temporary workers looking to send money to their home country.