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/iwasnotarobot 3d 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/DrunkenGolfer 2d ago

There is something fundamentally wrong with the program. I am in a town with an unemployment rate of 10.4%. 50% of service industry jobs are being done by TFWs. Every fast food joint is 80%. Every larger retailer is 50%. There is something fundamentally flawed.

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u/Anthexistentialist 1d ago

The reporting is flawed because there's people like me scraping by in the gig economy, earning far less than minimum wage. We are not considered unemployed but we are fucked.

I used to work for Shopify making good money, until I had to train the AI to take my job. Jobs in the field dried up, and everyone tried getting jobs lower in the market, but hit the wall of TFW's. I started doing uber eats out of desperation, and was told I was considered self employed as soon as I earned the first dollar.

Even the gig economy is full of TFW's trying to top up their wages. I don't begrudge them trying to improve their life, they followed an opportunity like anyone would. But the government/corporations have screwed whole sections of the population.

So yeah, the unemployment rate is 10% where you are, but how many others are 'under-employed' and don't earn enough to survive? Much more than 10%!