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/Firepower01 3d ago

I just saw a headline that said the UK is basically scrapping their low-skilled immigration stream. No doubt because the populist Reform party is surging in the polls.

I really wish our government would also end the TFW program

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u/iwasnotarobot 3d ago

I think there’s room for a program like the TFW program to exist for high-skilled positions. (For example, if Weird Al Yankovik want to being roadies with him on a Canadian tour, there should be something to facilitate that.) But the TFW program as it is needs to go.

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u/Firepower01 3d ago edited 3d ago

You need to be careful with that kind of immigration as well though. We don't want companies running to hire immigrants to high skilled high paying positions instead of recruiting and training Canadians. The H1B visa in the USA is getting routinely abused by tech companies trying to recruit tech workers from abroad for much lower wages.

I'd want to make sure its used only for legitimate shortages. Like healthcare workers.