Discussion · Oral Questions
Leslie Church Liberal
“The Conservatives are wrong about our immigration changes. Use of the temporary foreign worker program dropped by half last year, and these workers make up less than one percent of our workforce. Our changes are about bringing in highly skilled, top-earning workers to fill urgent job needs.”
“Mr. Speaker, it must be a rough day on opposition benches when the Conservatives take aim at Canada’s immigration system and TFWs in ways that they know are incorrect. They know that, for the temporary foreign worker program, its use is down 50% in the last year and TFWs make up less than 1% of our workforce. However, the changes the government introduced are not about that. They are about highly skilled, top-wage earners coming into this country in fields where we have an immediate workforce need. This is the talent and skills we want to attract, and that is what we are doing.”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, it must be a rough day on opposition benches when the Conservatives take aim at Canada’s immigration system and TFWs in ways that they know are incorrect. They know that, for the temporary foreign worker program, its use is down 50% in the last year and TFWs make up less than 1% of our workforce. However, the changes the government introduced are not about that. They are about highly skilled, top-wage earners coming into this country in fields where we have an immediate workforce need. This is the talent and skills we want to attract, and that is what we are doing.