Discussion · Government Orders
Kyle Seeback Conservative
“The temporary foreign worker program is hurting Canadian trade workers and lowering their wages. A union warned the government this would happen. I want the minister to admit she made a mistake and apologize.”
“Mr. Chair, the minister’s lack of remorse for a bad decision that has had real consequences for skilled trade workers in this country is really shocking. Ironworkers Union Local 97 warned the government of the effect of this. The head of that union said that the TFW program was being misused and abused, was driving down wages and undercutting hard-working Canadians, which the numbers I just gave the minister prove. Does she now want to admit that it was a mistake and apologize for that mistake?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Chair, the minister’s lack of remorse for a bad decision that has had real consequences for skilled trade workers in this country is really shocking. Ironworkers Union Local 97 warned the government of the effect of this. The head of that union said that the TFW program was being misused and abused, was driving down wages and undercutting hard-working Canadians, which the numbers I just gave the minister prove. Does she now want to admit that it was a mistake and apologize for that mistake?