Shooting ourselves in the foot: we can’t afford to misunderstand the temporary foreign worker program

Rather than imposing blanket refusals to process, and rigid caps on the number of foreign workers employers can hire, governments should work to build an immigration system that better meets the needs of local job markets.
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is the one that the government can most easily adjust in response to labour needs, writes Christina Santini.

It’s open season on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. In the face of growing public frustration over rising costs, and the lack of access to housing and services like health care, the program is under attack. Some call for its elimination; others want it significantly ...

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