“The temporary foreign worker program hurts pay, working conditions, and jobs for young Canadians. The government also wasted money running it. The government should end this program and replace it with a fair deal for young workers, food producers, and areas that need jobs.”

“Mr. Speaker, the temporary foreign worker program suppresses wages, creates poor working conditions and kills entry-level jobs for our Canadian youth. Now, we have learned that the Liberals spent $1.6 billion over the last five years to administer the TFW program, and they lost $500 million in the process. Instead of issuing 215,000 new foreign work permits this year, the Liberals should immediately abolish the TFW program and replace it with a fair deal for young workers, food‑producing industries and regions with extremely low employment. When will the Liberal government abolish the expensive, wasteful and destructive temporary foreign worker program?”

“The government wasted $500 million on the temporary foreign worker program over five years. I want the Prime Minister to admit he lost control, stop giving out new foreign work permits, and end this program.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals blew $500 million on the temporary foreign worker program in the last five years. Let us see who spent that money. That $500 million was spent while the current Minister of Justice had the file. That $500 million was spent while the current Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture was in the role. The current immigration minister is on track to spend even more. That is quite the list of captains on the IRCC Titanic. Will the Prime Minister admit that he has lost control and finally put someone in charge who will stop issuing new foreign work permits and abolish the temporary foreign worker program?”

“The government allowed more temporary foreign workers into Canada even though youth unemployment is high and the country lost jobs. The program also lost hundreds of millions of dollars. How does the government justify this to young people who cannot find work?”

“Mr. Speaker, in March, the government increased the temporary foreign worker program from 10% to 15% for thousands of work sites in remote and rural communities across Canada. At the same time, Canada lost 112,000 jobs in that same period of time and the youth unemployment rate was at 14.3%. Through my Order Paper question yesterday, we learned that the program for temporary foreign workers cost $1.6 billion with a net loss of $509 million. What will the government say to the hundreds of thousands of unemployed youth in this country when they are increasing the number of temporary foreign workers this year?”