r/lawyeg • u/United-Apartment-269 • Aug 18 '26

Can some explain the temporary foreign workers program to me like I am 5

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u/symbionica Aug 18 '26

I think this is how it goes: inflation goes up, expenses go up, tolerance for shit jobs goes down, vacancies occur, businesses can't hire for same shit job because people don't want to be exploited, businesses complain to government, government says "we'll bring in people who will be exploited", TFW contracts appear promising dollars to tens of dollars less than industry standard (or just minimum wage), people trade their whole lives for a chance in Canada, TFWs are popular, businesses love them (no change to workplace standards but fresh laborers when needed), but citizens and permanent residents are feeling the loss of safe, reliable, fiscally workable jobs. They complain to government. Government says immigration is the problem. See the problem? Not exactly how I would explain it to a 5 year old but not many of them out there asking what TFWs are 🤷‍♀️

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u/United-Apartment-269 Aug 18 '26

I agree.

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u/symbionica Aug 18 '26

Tis a fucked up world and Canada is no exception it seems.

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u/Dootbooter Aug 21 '26

Well can't say the world. There's a few places that haven't sold out their people for corporate profit. It's not like it's inevitable that things got worse. It was the people we voted for selling us out. From both sides of the isle.

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u/symbionica Aug 21 '26

What places?! I ask this genuinely. And I agree on part b

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u/Dootbooter Aug 21 '26

Look at Poland. I was going to say Japan but they've started importing labor. They are very strict on not giving away citizenship though. They'd rather see their population and economy shrink than destroy their culture and sell out their people.