Why Canada is cutting back on temporary foreign workers 

is that being indentured....

Garden Gallery in Barrie also does this basically. They only hire students more than older because they only have to pay so much then the government kicks in. Was told this by an older employee there. I tried 3 times, have a car, work weekends am a florist

​@@dakotahstrI was told to drop my high school graduation year and most of my experience off my resume to appear younger just to get interviews.

Tim Hortons also holds their passports

@@Johnny-v5pI think Walmarts and fast food chains do the same damn thing

@@hogi27 well you said wat sooo many of us are afraid to come right out and speak up about the truth

Currently, it's the opposite.

imagine if the Canadians won't apply because they think it's below them 🤣🤣and then there's this gap because Canadian students won't want to work at fast food or at farms or do any cleaning

@@partyeslife8157 imagine all you want nay sayer

@@carlawestlund4429 well I don’t need to imagine cause i was one of them 🤣 why would I want to work at McDonalds lol naysayer more like I experienced it 🤣

Lol yup that is pretty much the only reason

@@bushwacker5359 you seem to be under the belief that the election system is still legitimate and trustworthy

@@wlm7434 the voting aspect of our elections is still legitimate, for the most part. It’s the garbage leading up to an election like bribing us with our own money or politicians who do an about-face on their policies to garner votes that has me upset. If you don’t trust the elections now, wait until the NDP and Liberals start coordinating which party will pull the weakest candidate out of certain ridings to ensure a win for their coalition.

Came here to say this as well

@@gsin311that’s the only reason any politician does anything. Peepee is absolutely no different.

try calling Rogers and understand what you are told

@@soleikam6662 Been there...I had scammers claiming to work for Rogers who tried to sell me a new phone and plan. I think that one of their employees sold my contact info. I called Rogers and was put on hold for 45 minutes, I went to the store and was told it was a scammer's number, which was incorrect. A family member lost investments in Nortel, the Canadian telecom giant, after it was hacked by the Chinese military. That's possibly where China got g5 technology. Nortel knew what was going on and did nothing. That company should have been protected by the Canadian government as a national security asset.

That's the plan is to destroy the country. Look up anything WEF related and you'll get the big picture.

The pizza place I'm at is all people from India. He only hires more people from India and he's racist against white people giving them fewer deliveries than someone that speaks his language. Also the quality and hygiene has gone extremely downhill since his ownership. Only do half or less of the normal number of orders. He's running it into the ground. The workers can't even speak english. They are completely incapable of doing the job.

Lol yup

Technically there is some change just not a lot. The two big points is that they're going back to the 10% max foreign workers in a workforce and going back to enforce the 6% unemployment can no longer file the paperwork. Truderp will see how it goes, but if its too slow and his numbers don't budge I could see him freaking out and going drastic. Truderp only cares about himself and I could see him doing something drastic to save his own job. He only has a year left to beg people to vote for em.

@@windatar6351 Does that 10% max apply to those industries I mentioned tho?

@@misschrysalis The Government of Canada will refuse to process Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) in the Low-Wage stream, applicable in census metropolitan areas with an unemployment rate of 6% or higher. Exceptions will be granted for seasonal and non-seasonal jobs in food security sectors (primary agriculture, food processing and fish processing), as well as construction and healthcare; Employers will be allowed to hire no more than 10% of their total workforce through the TFW Program. This maximum employment percentage will be applied to the Low-Wage stream and is a further reduction from the March 2024 reduction. Exceptions will be granted for seasonal and non-seasonal jobs in food security sectors (primary agriculture, food processing and fish processing), as well as healthcare and construction; and The maximum duration of employment for workers hired through the Low-Wage stream will be reduced to one year (from two years). Taken straight from the Canada.ca website. The only two sectors that will pretty much be unaffected will be Construction+Argicultural Aka Farming and fish farming. The new change is essentially to remove TFW's from the retail sector. So Fastfood/Shops/Timhortins/Starbucks/Liquorstores ECTECT. Will this go far enough? Probably not, however with most places showing 6% unemployment what this does is allow Canada to blanketly reject new LLIM's forms. So low wage jobs outside of construction and farming can no longer post poor or stupid job requirements get no hits and go. "See? we need TFW's RIGHT NOW!" If they do it, the government will automatically decline it with. "Unemployment is 6% of greater, denied." Truderp right now is panicking, he knows he's about to get replaced which is the only reason he's doing this, however this is a half measure when experts are saying to scrap the TFW program completely, he will see his numbers get worse or not change for 6 months and then he'll do a knee jerk reaction. Probably canceling the program outright. Its a step.

They’re just doing bad in the polls. The Liberals have their agenda and will do it whether most Canadians like it or not. They will then gaslight and play dumb. Then pretend to fix it. It’s all intentional. The Liberals and NDP are globalists. They answer to their masters and they aren’t voters.

It was not a "mistake", it was done on purpose. Part of the "Century Initiative" plan by ✡BlackRock✡.

Malice not incompetence

No, as a FW, i know all too well that it doesn't work like that. Many, i mean hundred of thousands with experience, who have been living for years in Canada and have sacrificed so much and struggled so hard, are now about to face deportation. Years of their lives about to go down the drain. It is absolutely inhumane from the government to bring us here, and then now treat us as an inconvenience and about to ruin so many people lives. I've met countless of immigrants who are qualified smart people, lawyers of 10+years where they're from and can only find jobs as dishwashers.

Do you have any stats: How many of them stayed? Or, you're just an unhappy person, and came here to vent>?

@@re-repliedI know some people who are out of status and living and know many who are saying that they will never go back if never become PR.

That's exactly the issue. I've got no problem bringing people in to do work where there is a legitimate shortage of workers, but that's not what's happening. Employers are being incentivized to only hire foreign workers.

Well said! My boss pays minimum wage at a construction and complains that no one wants to work.

But the question also is whether they will pay more. Will the business still be profitable? And if they increase the price of their product to pay more to the workers, will their product remain competitive in the world market?

@@user-wt7bq5jo3l If the business is that marginal, is it even worth carrying it on?

@@user-wt7bq5jo3l If they need subsidies for minimum wage employees and we think it's worth keeping the company afloat, then subsidies should be offered for anybody they hire rather than an incentive to hire specifically foreign workers.

Canada can be so much better but leaders like Trudeau has morally and financially bankrupt this country. I wish I cud leave.

You can go too then

@@jeezumcrow1007 trust me we're all on the way out. This place is awful, controled, our data is regularly breached, and our tax scheme is a joke...

Canada is in a race to the bottom

Young and skilled Canadians are picking crops? What a dunce. Mark my words, the tfw program will once again be expanded when there are gaping labor shortages. By then Trudeau won't be there to put the blame on.

too late, last few years, most Canadians chose to rely on free money over building real job security and experience

Good, get used to it cause we’re here

​@@aenamabagwell sex assault is sky rocketing in Canada right now

Stop scapegoating a group of hardworking and good people. Be a part of the solution and not the blaming.

@@itztechshowcase They can work as hard as the rest of us, that's great.. but there's too many people in this country and the govt keeps bringing people in by the boatload. They shouldn't be here. Our cost of living is sky rocketing because of this greed and incompetence.

@@johnhess9443 True our gov't has screwed up as well. Immigration numbers need to come down 4 sure.

@itztechshowcase I agree, but people are angry, and they have a right to be. The media deflects from the actual culprits, our failed govt, and people focus their very legitimate anger at people just trying to find somewhere better. It's not right, but it's happening to all groups right now. We're being divided, exploited, lied to, manipulated, and pitted against each other so we don't focus on the real enemy. It's working very very well, as you can see. Someday, I may escape Canada, immigrate somewhere else, and be hated because people like me are destroying their way of life.. and I'll understand it, because the same happened to me and my country.

It should be only for agriculture.

Exactly what I said out loud..

That is because they got bought by Burger King and all the care about is making as much money and paying slave labor wages.

when they stopped making coffee cake that was the first sign. they switched to premade frozen crud that you toss in a quick oven.

@@TipTWhip they hide their garbage bins so you have to take the garbage. They are even too cheap to pay for garbage disposal!

And most of their employees are slaves.

In the past 2 years went to McDonald's twice because we were in a hurry. Got sick both times...reported restaurants to Public Health.

I paid $17 for just a veggie burger and no fries at Lick's booth at the CNE lol

If we all went on fast food and overly-processed food boycotts several problems would be solved at once.

@@Willowdale494This may be just a normal reaction if you don’t eat fast food regularly. Once you’re on a diet of real food, your body will revolt.

@@polishtheday Makes sense!

When men started having babies.😉

@@daleweiss9507 lol

@@ScotchiGIS thank you it hasnt

They also bought in 1 Million Ukrainians that screwed up the quota. East Asians are also good at manipulating the loop holes and flooding in.

@@josielondon2089 this government is failing its citizens... traders...we lower our standards to that if the countries where this same immigrants come from .ahhh I say no stop now

2 minute memories people have

Canadians sold out the country for cheap foreign goods that could not be affordable to be produced in Canada.....reap what we sow....lmao

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1 Million Ukrainians were also bought in

​@@thedoingwelldoes that change anything about his point?

I work in security too. My company has been taken over by TFW's and "international students" I have been slowly elbowed out and hours significantly reduced. Right now I have no work. My company has also lost a ton of contracts by people not taking the job seriously, escalating incidences, language barriers and hiring people without their certification and licence. Now I'm lost and in limbo trying to figure out what I'm going to do with myself. I will have to move back in with my mother while I do distance education and figure out something else. Cause I have no work to keep up with living on my own. Since after covid there has been a massive flux of migrants I (and co-workers) have been displaced within my company and the security industry. It's insane that I have to compete internationally just to have a job and a place to live. We don't need TFW's for the security industry. This makes no sense.

@@burrybondz225 I'd say get em out too

I quit drinking......... this morning! 😂

maybe yes, maybe not

Hear hear!

He will push the agenda until the next one comes in to move to the next phase .

No no, please, please stay on until the next election so we get a majority government!

The only reason these people are here is to give Justin more voters

go out and make it... stop relying on Daddy BS government, sure; last 3 years was a proof most people chose UBI slavery to hard earned career building work and experience; it's indoctrinated in our schooling system

That becomes a problem when you have a finance minister who major's in Russian literature, running the finance department 😂

jibs that Canadians don't want.... instead rely free money UBI, mental health BS yo earn easy $; too late to mend... it's been years of lazy Gov reliance with youth unfortunately

Temporary workers don't have to be low skill workers. In my previous electronic company I worked 12 hours a day but was paid for 8. But the worst was the contempt and arogance displayed by management towards temporary employees. Particularly the director (a woman) used to be late almost always for our daily1 to 1 mtgs at least 1 hour late often more. But work had to be done. I can't imagine how replaceable low skill workers can suffer from psychopathic employers if they are unlucky. The idea of temporary employment should be strickly regulated and basically limited to seasonal work.

You are also forgetting the 1 Million Ukrainians that were brought in lobbied by the Ukrainian National Congress and given pr status

serious? wages and minimum wage have increased 50% last 2 years; that's insane for us small business, we hardly receive resumes from locals; they do not want dirty cleaning labour work

@@NashDr If a business cannot operate by offering a living wage that corresponds to the area they are operating in, then you are: (A) not a successful business, maybe try another vocation (B) open your business in the 3rd world country that these workers come from. Then your wage will equate to the standard of living for the area. If you operate in Canada, then offer a wage that is livable for a person also living in Canada. We do not want slave labour or suppressed wages here. Thanks.

@@bubbajay1934 all theories and feelings you're sharing; your opinion is your opinion and that's what we do for over 15 years in business successfully in the most expensive urban metros in Canada., more than 35 staff, at least 10 full time, 10 years + working with us; so whose voice should be heard? theories/ feelings, or people doing it with hard work daily for years contributing to employment and paying a hefty price to energise the real economy; not fake government overspending our tax dollars leaving us all in debts???

The only reason to allow tefw is to drive wages down

Supply and demand economics 101. This is an economic issue not a racial issue. Falsely inflated supply of labor and demand for housing causes low wages and unaffordable houses

​@@Johnny-v5pwhy would it be a race issue when we get many ukrainians too?

@@burrybondz225 it's not a race issue it may partly be a cultural issue. From my perspective it's primarily an economics issue. BTW I would be ok if the Ukrainians left too

Lmao I'm in the same position as your wife

​@@wyv3rn1same here. I'm the only one that speaks in English.

arrest him.

And vote who in? The person who got elected party leader in the election that was influenced by China and India? Or the other party leader that supports high immigration and keeps supporting Trudeau? Seems like it's too late to elected a good leader since the party leaders all suck.

Another great moment in unintended consequences...

They also bought in 1 Million Ukrainians 😅

mental health, UBI, free money, all this BS last few years made our youth lazy, super reliant; damage is done, too late

we did, small business here

Society put an end to that Canada starting in the 80s with acceleration since 2004

1 Million Ukrainians were also bought in with their families and that could easily be 2 million right there. They were also given $3000.00 a piece $700.00 for each child all lobbied by the Ukrainian National Congress. Backed by the finance minister who majored in Russian literature running the finance department 😅

what is answer then? UBI slavery

Slavery is a giant escalation hahah ? Generally when a population declines , so goes demand of products. Facts are nobody needs 40-80 shirts. Etc have less at a higher quality. Follow the Swiss model.

true

That is not true. Many tech companies and others can bring in "skilled" workers and replace Canadians doing those jobs for lower wages. Companies will not invest in training and apprenticeships when there is a pool of cheaper foreign labour that they can draw from.

@@AcidFlash123 training time must be subsidized by government, as workers can leave a job anyyime so it's not fair for a business to train at cost of labour; no wonder companies leaning towards TFW; reality hurts but vocational training must be a dialogue between labour laws and companies; minimum wages forced by corrupt officials who talk a big game, at the expense of hard working small business, is unfair!

@@NashDr What do you mean fair to business? They are your employees, you should pay to train them, not taxpayers. You are the one profiting off their labour, not us. And if you paid your employees enough with decent working conditions, then they would not leave for other jobs. This use of foreign slave labour has to be eliminated. You just want a docile, subservient workforce that you can abuse at will because they have no choice.

This link below shows it's an election trick, point your fingers at evil authority who manipulate the common person and affect lives

Doesn't mean there aren't any: United States, Germany, Australia, South Korea have such programs.

..and to the imported workers, it isn't a tiny paycheck. They send most of the money back home where the purchasing power for that money balloons to 5 or 10 times what it represents in Canada.

The state of the job market in Canada is sad AF. I see so many "need 5 years experience", paying 60,000 on indeed. That salary with 5 years experience is just bonkers.

I've seen the living conditions of temp foreign agricultural workers and those conditions are horrendous. 20 men living in an unheated barn, on cots with no running water or electricity, no bathroom just a portapotty and extension cords running from the main house to run a light bulb and maybe a refrigerator and a hotplate, its utterly disgusting how farmers treat these foreign workers and there is no way they would get a Canadian to live like that and accept the lowest wages in the country.

Guys, It's bad for us and it's horrendous for them, it' what the UN said. I'm just adding my two cents, not that I can afford them. I'm sure doing this is putting me on some black list somewhere.

It should be illegal

“ cheap services, fast food etc” Wtf is actually cheap in Canada? 😂

As someone that worked and grew up on a farm the two biggest hassles to working on a farm is housing in the area of it and transportation to farm work. Often farms require people to own vehicles to get there and gas+insurance and car payments are astronomically high. Doubled with no cheap housing in these areas. If the farm job you have doesn't have a house or rooms on said farm then your out of luck. And when they do that means your room and board is connected to your job which means farm work if you live on the farm is close to indentured servatude. It's a breeding ground for power abuse by the boss. If owning a car and gas was cheap and housing was affordable you would see a massive rebound for people willing to work on farms if the pay was decent. Just like if housing/food/transportation is cheap you get higher birthrates. When housing/food/transportation are all expensive you get declining birthrates. People start families when they can afford to, if your birthrate is falling its because the country has failed to people.

@@windatar6351 yeah all of this also represents huge hurdles. However, I don’t think making it harder to get temporary foreign workers is the policy answer…that will just make farmers either have to do it alone (which is unsafe, not to mention the burnout) or close their farms… because without the support and infrastructure encourage local workers to work on farms, there is no one to replace them. I live in an agricultural community and every farmer I know would much prefer to not have to do all the paperwork and scheduling around 8 month on/ 3 month off visas it requires to hire a TFW if they had any local option. I wish the government would focus on policy that removes the need for the TFW program rather than put the burden on small business owners.

@@frmaha No one wants to do the paper work, but like I said I grew up and worked on a farm. Farms do make good money, so they can afford to increase their pay to attract better workers. If they still can't then they can apply for loans to build more housing on their properties for workers to live in, they do this for dairy farm workers. Since cows need to be milked twice a day so most workers are living on the property. TFW's should be banned full stop. If a company or business even a farm if they cannot grow without slave labour then I'm sorry but they don't have a right to slave wages or slave conditions. There are plenty of options, and the way forward will be hard or costly but it isn't impossible. They need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. For example, farmers could start taking part in their local highschool's to pitch farm work, they could offer scholarships a lot of farmers are ex trades people they could take some students on and teach and ply them their trades in wood working or carpentry or husbandry. "They need TFW's because no one wants to do these jobs." If you pay, offer benefits, or invest in your workers I promise you 100% that they can find workers. Farm owners just don't want to. They would rather do paper work and beg the government to let them off shore the part of scamming third worlders to come to them to work for pennies on the dollar. I know, I grew up in the environment. Farm owners deserve the small violin treatment. Theres a reason most farmers live in mansions on their property.

@@windatar6351 not sure where you lived and how long it’s been since you’ve worked/grew up in farming, but most farmers in my community right now are not living in mansions. Nor are they treating their temporary foreign workers like slaves. The families I’m close to all have separate housing for their staff and pay them a good wage. No doubt abuses happen at some farms and I’m not naive enough to assume it doesn’t happen in my community, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t incredibly difficult to find local labour, even if you do everything right. Edit to add: I work at a high school in a rural community and your solution of “pitching farm work” is so out of touch. That’s not how schools work. The kids aren’t interested. Just ply the woodworking trade? Are farmers all woodworkers now?

@@frmaha It's been over 20 years now for me personally. Worked and grew up on dairy farms with a couple berrie and poultry farms. Each one had a mansion on their lot with a row of houses for people to live and work on. I sometimes go past my old houses I lived in, the farms are still there so are the mansions. Also why would it be out of touch? Have any farmers tried? See this is the type of thinking people just don't understand, Highschool kids don't understand how it is after highschool. Trades and farm work have 0 presence inside of schools. It's all about "seeking higher education." And look how that's going? People with massive 100k debts working at Starbucks because there isn't jobs. Also I have no idea what your talking about, but the farms I've worked on generally the owners or workers have a pretty good understanding of several trades. Especially if they work on their own equipment, fixing tractors requires some mechanical knowledge. I have no idea about the farms you've seen, but most of them have shops, most of them have areas for wood working. They need it to make repairs to the barns, lofts, fences, silos. It's not the "no on is interested in it." It's that farmers have no idea how or want to put in the effort in connecting with their community. It's a damn shame and they can only blame themselves. I mean, farmers don't even go to job exbo's or try and squeeze into a trades show even though formwork is a trade.

How about the 1 Million Ukrainians that were brought in and given $3000.00 a piece $700.00 per child, pr granted.

@thedoingwell I'd rather help put Ukrainians, we've been helping Africa for well over 20 years. At some point, we have to call it quits. Plus, Ukrainians are extremely skilled in farming and metal work

The problem is being replaced in your country of origin by another culture that is not your own culture, a culture that does not want to breed with us, but instead stays in isolated family units growing the strength of there own people off the backs of our ancestors who founded this country, this country was made great by the French, the English, and the aboriginals.