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Temporary foreign worker flood to continue
Canada should not be importing poor guest workers, period. If we need workers, we should bring them as immigrants. Ottawa should learn to process immigrant applicants as efficiently as it has been ushering foreign temps in… What we’ve just seen from Kenney is yet another of his smoke-and-mirror shows. We could still end up with a high number of temporary foreign workers, who, besides being exploited, will continue to squeeze Canadians and permanent residents out of scarce jobs.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, participation, rights, standard of living
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Don’t let temporary foreign workers drive down wages: Carney
Relying too much on temporary employees from abroad distorts wage adjustments that lead to Canadians getting better pay and delays changes that make companies more efficient, Carney said… He told the committee that the keys to increased growth in Canada are improved business investment and a better export performance.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration
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Stop importing temporary workers into Canada
Apr 21 2013
… with 1.33 million jobless, there’s no shortage of labour for the 250,000 job vacancies. That’s nearly six jobless Canadians for every available job… The real issue is that Canadians don’t want those jobs, certainly not at the wages on offer. So the skills shortages mantra is a bit of a scam… High-tech jobs are shipped overseas or contracted to a Canadian company that gets the job done overseas. Costs go down, profits go up and up, as do CEO compensations… Ottawa should end the temporary worker program — forthwith — and forbid businesses from paying 15 per cent less to those already here.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, participation, rights, standard of living
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The Invisibles: Migrant Workers in Canada
Jan 7, 2013
In 2010, the government accepted one and a half times more migrant workers than permanent Canadian residents… in 2012… the Conservatives introduced changes for high-skilled workers such as dropping application times from 12 weeks to 10 days and permitting employers to pay them 15 per cent less than the average Canadian salary for the same work.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, rights, standard of living
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Why Not Talk About Work?
Dec 17, 2012
Government policies since Canada signed the free trade deal and NAFTA have savaged working families financially and socially all in the name of having an internationally competitive economy… The days of ever-expanding trade are over but suddenly that strong domestic economy — a safety net at a time of global recession — has been severely weakened… governments show no sign of having figured this out so the misery is likely to continue.
Tags: economy, ideology, immigration, rights, standard of living
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Immigrant women changed the face of Toronto
Dec. 16, 2012
They developed a network of support services for themselves and future generations of newcomers. They created training and employment programs for women with no Canadian experience, no connections and no way of getting a foothold in the workforce. They set up female-run businesses that employed newcomers… where they could earn a living wage, become citizens and break down the barriers that had confronted them. They made multiculturalism work.
Tags: immigration, participation, rights, standard of living, women
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