EXPOSING the IMP
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Summary
The Tories have come out against the temporary foreign worker program, but they ve remained silent on the International Mobility Program, which is the much bigger issue. In 2024, the TFW program brought in about 236,000 workers. The IMP brought in over 1.9 million. And politicians barely mention it.
Transcript
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Wait, give me two minutes to expose Canada's temporary migrant crisis.
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Over the last week, you've probably seen a lot of people talking about the temporary foreign
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worker program, notably people like this and like this. Many people are relieved that the
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Conservative Party is finally talking about mass immigration, and I'll admit it, it's a start.
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But they still refuse to address the main problem, legal permanent immigration. And to be honest,
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they're not even significantly addressing the temporary foreign labor crisis. The Conservatives
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have come out against the temporary foreign worker program. That's the little blue bar.
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But they've remained silent on the International Mobility Program.
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That's the big red bar, which is clearly the much bigger issue.
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In 2024, the TFW program brought in about 236,000 workers.
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Eight times bigger, and politicians barely mention it.
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Yeah, Pierre Polyev and Michel Rimple actually looked at this graph and thought,
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hmm, yes, the blue bar, that's the big problem here.
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The main difference between the TFW program and the IMP
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is that under the TFW program, employers are required to provide an LMIA,
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in order to prove that a Canadian worker is not available for the job.
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There have been numerous reports of companies selling LMIAs for tens of thousands of dollars,
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Under the IMP, companies are not even required to prove a Canadian can't work the job.
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They can just bring in more and more foreigners.
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And for the workers who come in, their work permits are tied to a single employer.
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That means if they speak up about abuse or demand fair pay, they can be punished or even deported.
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It's a system that encourages exploitation, long hours, worse conditions, and lower wages.
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You might be thinking, Daniel, come on, these programs aren't a big deal.
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They might be temporary, but they're still taking jobs away from unemployed Canadians.
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They might be temporary, but they still bid up the prices of rent and other goods.
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They might be temporary, but if they have a kid while they're here, they'll probably get full citizenship.
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They might be temporary, but we're not actually sure if they're leaving at the end of their permits.
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The simple reality is both of these programs are anti-Canadian and must be shut down.