To late Pierre Poilievre calls on Liberals to axe temporary foreign worker program while not munching on an apple looking all smug for cameras

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Pierre Poilievre calls on Liberals to axe temporary foreign worker program

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to scrap Canada’s temporary foreign worker program and stop issuing visas for temporary foreign workers, in a bid to free up jobs for Canadians.

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to scrap Canada’s temporary foreign worker program and stop issuing visas for temporary foreign workers, in a bid to free up jobs for Canadians.

Poilievre made the appeal in Mississauga, Ont. on Wednesday, saying the move would “protect our youth and workers.”

“Under this proposal, existing permits would be wound down until the program is entirely eliminated,” he said. “Canadian jobs will go to Canadian workers.”

The temporary foreign worker program has been in place since the early 1970s, and has undergone several changes in the decades since its inception. Since 2014, businesses hoping to hire a temporary foreign worker must first prove it was unable to hire a Canadian citizen or permanent resident for the job.

According to Statistics Canada, there’s been a “large increase” in the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada in recent years, much of which can be attributed to the number of study permit holders with or without work permits.

When asked by a reporter about the consequences for business owners who say they need temporary foreign workers, Poilievre said he doesn’t believe there’s a need for the workforce, but rather a desire on behalf of businesses to pay people less.

“Nearly three quarters of the temporary foreign workers in Canada do jobs that pay below average wages, which means that they ultimately are taking jobs from the people in Canada that need them most,” he said. “These workers should not be demonized. They are being taken advantage of.”

“Nor do we have a problem with immigrants who come here to build a family and start a life, pay their taxes, follow the rules and integrate them with the Canadian way of life,” he added.

Pointing to businesses prioritizing temporary foreign workers over Canadians, Poilievre cited a job posting at Booster Juice offering $36 an hour and specifically seeking out a temporary foreign worker.

The job posting in question states the business is seeking out a temporary foreign worker because it could not find a Canadian worker for the job, and adds Canadian citizens and permanent residents are still encouraged to apply for the posting.

Some sectors “rely heavily” on the temporary foreign worker program, according to Statistics Canada, including agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and accommodation and food services, among others.

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Anyone think PP would have changed a damn thing if elected. He likes to talk a big game but like a poor lover in bed he cant get the job done leaving the mistress hot and bothered but never satisfied

 

[ex_libris]

Boggles my mind why he didn't campaign on this.

 

[Nink]

Because then he'd have to follow through.

 

[TOPDAWG]

Because the party controls the messaging and they do just every fucking leader they have. Also Canadians are fucking retarded and don't want a hard stance but at this point conservatives may as well try it.

 

[BeerAndOil]

Because his ex girlfriend turned campaign manager still thinks it’s the early 2000’s and the conservatives need to build a big tent of ethnic blocs, rather then point out the obvious and campaign for the under 40’s that have been completely decimated by the past decade.

 

[border_humper]

@ex_libris Because he doesn’t mean it and he won’t do it.

 

[TOPDAWG]

Pierre Poilievre calls on Liberals to axe temporary foreign worker program

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to scrap Canada’s temporary foreign worker program and stop issuing visas for temporary foreign workers, in a bid to free up jobs for Canadians.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Anyone think PP would have changed a damn thing if elected. He likes to talk a big game but like a poor lover in bed he cant get the job done leaving the mistress hot and bothered but never satisfied

d01tg0d0wn

Who knows maybe he would have maybe he would not have. damn sure can't get much worse so might as well fucking try. I'll vote for the shitty party again.

 

[border_humper]

Our Temporary Foreign Worker PM says the TFW Program can’t be axed because businesses like it, so there!

 

[border_humper]

Smoke, Mirrors, and Cabinet Retreats

Prior to a two-day Liberal cabinet retreat in Toronto, Finance Minister Champagne offers austerity without answers, cuts without clarity, and ambition without credibility.

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François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Finance Minister and longtime Trudeau loyalist, stood before reporters in Toronto this week and delivered what the Liberal Party is calling a message of "fiscal responsibility and ambition." In reality, it was a carefully rehearsed exercise in political misdirection.

The press conference, held during the federal cabinet's two-day retreat, was ostensibly about addressing the cost of living crisis and preparing Canadians for a budget that will include what Champagne repeatedly referred to as “adjustments,” “efficiencies,” and “modernization.” What it will actually include is austerity—and not for the political class.

Let’s walk through what he said—and what he meant.

Spending Cuts Without Accountability

Reporters asked a direct question: Have ministers submitted the required spending cut plans?

Champagne’s answer: “This was mandated by me and the Prime Minister… colleagues have responded.”

Notably absent was any detail. No departments named. No dollar amounts disclosed. The Finance Minister didn’t confirm whether the cuts have actually been proposed or reviewed—only that the request had been made.

This is not transparency. It’s optics.

When pressed on where those cuts would fall, Champagne pivoted to vague promises about “efficiency” and “technology,” citing the Canada Revenue Agency as an example of where modernization could replace manpower. He referred to the need for “value for money,” a phrase which, coming from a government that expanded federal spending by 7% over the past few years, rings hollow.

Public Service Layoffs Are Coming

Champagne was asked directly if the government’s “restraint” would lead to layoffs in the public service.

His response: “You want fine adjustments... We’ve been adding a lot of people over the last few years, COVID during the COVID period. So you’re looking at adjusting.”

Translation: Yes, there will be layoffs. But the Minister declined to say who, where, or how many. Instead, he framed it as a technical correction—despite the fact that federal employment ballooned under Trudeau, with thousands of new hires in departments and agencies with unclear mandates and minimal public accountability.

 

[ButteryBastard]

Are we still getting the direct flights from Amritsar?

 

[saymyname]

Employment upticks : 7.1% Unemployment, 14.5% Youth Joblessness… and 82,000 More TFWs Coming

With unemployment at 7.1% and youth joblessness at 14.5%, Mark Carney’s Liberals are importing 162,000 Temporary Foreign Workers while 1.6 million Canadians sit idle

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