Proposals on foreign workers another blow to Canada’s middle class

With our economy stalling, it’s exactly the wrong time to attack workers’ incomes. If the House Human Resourced Committee had any integrity, it would withdraw its report and give the entire issue of foreign workers the consideration it deserves.
EDMONTON—Do we really want to sell our well-paying Canadian jobs to the lowest bidder? Do we actually want to outsource our high-skilled work to countries that don’t respect our standards in safety and training? The long-awaited report by the Commons Human Resources Committee on changes to the ...

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