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Another piece from the Globe and Mail today deriding Canada's shadow immigration system (foreign students and temporary workers) and arguing its bad for business, bad for the real estate market, bad for schools and bad for the foreign students
we exploit as well.
As its behind the paywall, I'll bring a couple of bits forward:
"There may be a case for foreign workers in the agriculture sector, with its seasonal, time-sensitive work, as long as those employees are treated well. But industries such as fast food are also frequent users of the program. If the local Tim Hortons can’t find enough workers, it should raise wages, innovate or close. There is no economic imperative to prop them up; doing so makes it easier to put off productivity investments such as automation."
And
"Ottawa should immediately begin to rein in these immigration streams through annual caps, forcing schools and low-wage employers to face their respective realities. International students can contribute much to Canada, and we to them, as long as it is at levels at which they can be properly supported. For critical sectors that badly need workers, such as health care and construction, we should look to permanent streams that don’t tie workers to their employers.
Canada wants and needs bright young people to move here to build their future. But exploitative band-aids are not the way to do it."
Hear Hear!
we exploit as well.
Globe editorial: Immigration: Canada’s economy can’t rely on temporary workers and study permits forever
We need bright young people to build their future here, but exploitative programs aren’t the way to do it
www.theglobeandmail.com
As its behind the paywall, I'll bring a couple of bits forward:
"There may be a case for foreign workers in the agriculture sector, with its seasonal, time-sensitive work, as long as those employees are treated well. But industries such as fast food are also frequent users of the program. If the local Tim Hortons can’t find enough workers, it should raise wages, innovate or close. There is no economic imperative to prop them up; doing so makes it easier to put off productivity investments such as automation."
And
"Ottawa should immediately begin to rein in these immigration streams through annual caps, forcing schools and low-wage employers to face their respective realities. International students can contribute much to Canada, and we to them, as long as it is at levels at which they can be properly supported. For critical sectors that badly need workers, such as health care and construction, we should look to permanent streams that don’t tie workers to their employers.
Canada wants and needs bright young people to move here to build their future. But exploitative band-aids are not the way to do it."
Hear Hear!