[calgarygeologist]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday the federal government will reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada after a historic surge that some experts say has fuelled unemployment among immigrants and young people.

The government loosened restrictions during a severe post-COVID labour shortage — a decision that led, in particular, to a spike in the number of low-wage temporary workers.

Trudeau said employers in high unemployment areas — places where the unemployment rate is six per cent or higher — will not be able to hire low-wage temporary foreign workers (TFWs), with limited exceptions for "food security sectors" like agriculture and food and fish processing as well as construction and health care where acute staffing shortages still exist.



In another reversal, the government said employers will no longer be allowed to hire more than 10 per cent of their total workforce through the TFW program.

As well, low-wage TFWs will also be limited to one-year contracts, down from the current two.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tru...kers-1.7304819