I had a huge issue related to this topic back in the Spring.
Allow me to elaborate.
I currently am working in new home construction (insulating new houses) in the "Capital region"...
Given the production (workload) forecasts that I was receiving from my (then) largest contract (a local drywall company), I expanded the size of my workforce to meet the anticipated demand during the (traditionally) busy Summer season. This involved the hiring of four individuals from the maritime provinces and a two man crew from Quebec. All
Canadian citizens with vehicles and families, who relocated out here to start over, with the expectation of a solid foot in the door.
What happened?
This contractor hired a bunch of dumb-ass Mexicans under LMO and chopped my work load, just as things were getting up to speed with the new hires...
After a couple of rather heated e-mails to the responsible party, he ####-canned them and Re-assigned them until their contracts expired...but it was too late. I have retained TWO of the six I brought out. Two more moved forward with another company in the area (the guys from Quebec, who already knew the gig and had their WCB, GST and Incorporation in place). The other two? No idea.
All hard working, up at whatever time you tell them to show kind of guys...All CANADIAN CITIZENS.
This was forecast to be a great year, but for me? Turned into a wee bit of a gong show.
This is the kind of crap that Mr. Kenney is targeting with his (at face value) draconian amendments. Bringing minimum wage workers in to take jobs from Canadians who WANT to work? That's Bull####.
In my experience? I applaud his actions.
I can pull dozens of Canadians from the east to grow my company...it's as simple as posting an ad on Kijiji.
I no longer work for that Dooosh bag drywaller either...in case you were wondering.
Truth.