Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media. Trudeau said the government is cracking down on a surge of temporary foreign workers in the low-wage stream.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday the federal government will reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada after a historic surge that some experts say has fuelled unemployment among immigrants and young people.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday the government is bringing in new measures on temporary foreign workers in Canada.
Trudeau said employers in high unemployment areas — places where the unemployment rate is six per cent or higher — will not be able to hire low-wage temporary foreign workers , with limited exceptions for "food security sectors" like agriculture and food and fish processing as well as construction and health care where acute staffing shortages still exist.
Asked by CBC News if the government is considering broader changes to the immigration system at a time when the Bank of Canada has pegged the "newcomer" unemployment rate at 11.6 per cent — substantially higher than the overall unemployment rate of roughly six per cent — Trudeau said the government is going to review its overall immigration levels this fall.
"We'll be looking at unemployment rates and opportunities to make further adjustments over the course of this fall as we come forward with comprehensive level plans that will respond to the reality that Canada's facing now and in years and decades to come," he said.
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