With 6.5% unemployment in January (almost double the USA) and +411,000 permanent residents arriving in 2023 this is the answer ? More absurdly, advocating "temporary" foreigner workers to have "permanent" resident status?
"...The federal government will also remove a restriction that forbids employers in regions where the jobless rate is higher than six per cent from using TFWs in retail and food service.
Before the pandemic, employers had to fill out paperwork every six months to show they couldn’t find domestic workers to fill the jobs. During the pandemic, the rule was relaxed to nine months. Now, those applications will only need to be completed every 18 months..."
https://financialpost.com/news/economy/ottawa-loosens-restrictions-on-temporary-foreign-workers-to-help-employers-with-labour-shortages
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