• Bonsoir@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Yes, but if you facilitate access to foreign workers, let’s say with a “temporary foreign worker program”, like it is the case in Canada, companies will go after them first because they are cheap labor and are easy to abuse. Meanwhile, there are new graduates who struggle to find jobs.

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      23 hours ago

      Okey let’s take a look what that program is, citation from Wikipedia :

      Workers brought in under the program are referred to as Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) and are allowed to work in positions that are not filled by Canadians. The aim was to address skill shortages

      It looks to me that the shortage was the reason why program was initiated. So from the information I have, it looks to me you have it backward.

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        18 hours ago

        And then you have companies displaying highly skilled job offers at minimum wage knowing nobody sane will apply. Then they claim that no canadian can be hired for their job and they need foreigners. They end up hiring foreigners for half the wage they would pay a canadian and exploit them all they want.
        Foreigners are attractive because they don’t know their rights and their value and can easily be abused.

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          18 hours ago

          And TFW program aside, the same principle goes for the housing market. It’s much easier to convince some europeans to pay 1500$ a month for a 3-rooms apartment because they are used to expensive housing. They will generally be less informed about our consumer protection laws and accept any lease, legal or not.