Juno News - August 27, 2024


Justin Trudeau REVERSES mass immigration agenda


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15 minutes

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166.01942

Word Count

2,622

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123

Misogynist Sentences

1

Hate Speech Sentences

6


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Being able to welcome in people from around the world, particularly at this time of labour shortages, is good for our country.
00:00:05.800 There is no better time to hire and invest in Canadian workers.
00:00:11.740 These immigration levels allow us to bring in the skills and talent we need to fill the labour gaps.
00:00:17.040 We're looking at a number of options that, frankly, Canadians have been talking to us about on the permanent residency numbers.
00:00:30.000 Is Justin Trudeau finally abandoning mass immigration?
00:00:33.520 Well, at a cabinet retreat in Halifax yesterday, Justin Trudeau, it appears, decided that after nine years of mass immigration,
00:00:40.380 it may in fact be time to slow things down now that Canadians have been pushed to the brink.
00:00:45.400 Before a massive expose in the Toronto Star was to be released, which we will get into later on in the show,
00:00:50.660 about how the federal government intentionally fast-tracked the hiring of temporary foreign workers,
00:00:55.520 Justin Trudeau attempted to get out in front of the situation and put an end to all of the cheap foreign labour fun for corporate Canada.
00:01:04.260 Now, not only is the federal government now announcing major cuts to the temporary foreign worker program,
00:01:09.000 it also appears that the federal government is prepared to cut the permanent residency numbers as well.
00:01:14.580 15% of Canada's entire population has been added since Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister.
00:01:20.160 That is simply an outrageous amount of people in a small country like ours.
00:01:25.900 Canada's population has never grown so fast, and now all of a sudden, it seems that the federal government is taking a major U-turn.
00:01:33.420 But the question remains, why?
00:01:35.940 Well, we're going to get into all of that on the show today.
00:01:38.600 But before we do, be sure to drop a like on this video, help us out by subscribing to the True North YouTube channel,
00:01:43.380 and the comment question for the episode is this.
00:01:45.940 Would the federal government have reversed mass immigration if the Conservatives had fought this issue years ago?
00:01:53.840 Let me know your answer in the comments below, and let's get into it.
00:01:57.260 Well, after intentionally putting Canada on a path of self-destruction,
00:02:01.860 of ballooning Canada's population at record paces and neglecting the needs of Canada's youth,
00:02:08.140 Justin Trudeau has decided that actually, when it comes to the temporary foreign worker program,
00:02:13.000 it's time for a major U-turn.
00:02:14.920 It was okay after the pandemic to suppress Canadian wages, neglect Canadian youth,
00:02:20.160 and stuff the pockets of Canadian corporations.
00:02:23.380 But now, now that Canadians are really upset about this situation, it's time for a U-turn.
00:02:28.560 Take a listen to his comments yesterday.
00:02:30.300 Today's economy is very different from what it was two years ago.
00:02:34.180 Inflation has started to come down, employment is higher,
00:02:37.200 and we no longer need as many temporary foreign workers.
00:02:41.300 We need Canadian businesses to invest in training and technology,
00:02:46.440 and not increasing their reliance on low-cost foreign labour.
00:02:51.800 It's not fair to Canadians struggling to find a good job,
00:02:54.700 and it's not fair to those temporary foreign workers,
00:02:58.120 some of whom are being mistreated and exploited.
00:03:01.420 Well, what are those changes going to look like exactly?
00:03:04.020 In a nutshell, employers will no longer be allowed to hire 20% of their workforce
00:03:09.080 as low-wage temporary foreign workers.
00:03:11.820 That number will be reduced down to 10%.
00:03:14.500 What are these corporations possibly going to do
00:03:17.080 when one in every 10 employees is a temporary foreign worker?
00:03:21.520 The changes also include the government refusing to process work permits
00:03:25.020 in industries where the unemployment rate is 6% or higher,
00:03:28.660 with exceptions in the seasonal food, agriculture, construction, and healthcare industries.
00:03:35.040 In a statement on Monday,
00:03:36.560 Employment and Social Development Canada,
00:03:38.660 the organization responsible for the mass expansion of the temporary foreign worker program,
00:03:44.280 criticized employers for refusing to hire talented Canadians
00:03:48.420 and being able to keep prices low by hiring temporary foreigners.
00:03:52.860 Now, that is the same government department
00:03:54.660 that actually rubber-stamped all of the hiring of temporary foreign workers.
00:03:58.840 So they're criticizing employers for taking advantage of a system that they started.
00:04:02.960 The same thing that Justin Trudeau is doing to employers.
00:04:06.180 There is no better time to hire and invest in Canadian workers.
00:04:11.900 But yesterday, Justin Trudeau's Employment Minister, Randy Boissoneau,
00:04:16.720 was desperately trying to defend the hiring of low-wage temporary foreign workers.
00:04:21.700 Some of the rhetoric out there is just downright unhelpful.
00:04:24.400 And we're talking about making sure that we have businesses in rural and remote Canada
00:04:27.600 that can actually stay open.
00:04:29.680 And if you're talking about 1 out of 10 workers,
00:04:32.820 or 2 out of 20 workers that actually keeps an inn working,
00:04:36.660 and that inn is the only restaurant in that community,
00:04:39.000 and that community is where the people who work to build that community reside
00:04:43.320 on a temporary basis while they're building up that community,
00:04:46.320 that's not something that I'm prepared as jobs minister
00:04:48.500 to see disappear in rural and remote Canada.
00:04:50.700 We'll get this.
00:04:51.500 The public pressure on the federal government to curb mass immigration
00:04:55.680 is so great that now we have Immigration Minister Mark Miller
00:04:59.120 announcing that he will be reducing permanent residency numbers.
00:05:03.880 I'd say, Marika, all options are currently on the table.
00:05:06.360 It's not a discussion that's been had by Cabinet yet,
00:05:09.600 but we're looking at a number of options that, frankly,
00:05:12.500 Canadians have been talking to us about on the permanent residency numbers.
00:05:16.100 Often at Cabinet we consider options that are pretty narrow.
00:05:19.580 This will be a broad set of alternatives to have a complete discussion on.
00:05:24.720 Look at where the country is currently, look at where the country is going,
00:05:28.640 and making sure that we adjust,
00:05:31.740 and so it'll include potential options on the upcoming year as well.
00:05:37.500 Last year, the federal government made history when it was announced
00:05:40.400 that they would be processing 500,000 permanent residency applications per year.
00:05:46.580 I'm pleased to share that Canada intends to maintain its target
00:05:50.560 of welcoming 485,000 new permanent residents in 2024 and 500,000 in 2025.
00:05:59.720 Starting in 2026, the number of newcomers we aim to welcome will stabilize at 500,000.
00:06:07.540 Because, of course, the argument we were being fed for years by the Trudeau government
00:06:11.260 was that there was a labor shortage that needed to be filled by immigrants,
00:06:15.580 that we needed to keep increasing Canada's population at record paces
00:06:19.440 because large corporations needed workers and Canadians weren't taking jobs.
00:06:25.680 Being able to welcome in people from around the world,
00:06:27.780 particularly at this time of labor shortages, is good for our country.
00:06:31.140 These immigration levels allow us to bring in the skills and talent we need to fill the labor gaps.
00:06:36.920 We're seeing right across the country the impacts of the labor shortage that we have,
00:06:40.780 whether it's in our health care system, whether it's small businesses
00:06:43.560 that can't stay open seven days a week like they'd want to.
00:06:46.700 We need more people.
00:06:48.100 Canadians understand the need to continue to grow our population
00:06:50.660 if we're going to meet the needs of the labor force.
00:06:52.500 And it's hard to find workers.
00:06:54.160 The reality is you don't need to dig into the stats to understand
00:06:58.040 that there was a million jobs available in the Canadian economy.
00:07:00.920 You need to walk down Main Street of any community in Canada.
00:07:03.620 You're going to see help wanted signs in the window.
00:07:05.700 So because of that, we're going to allow millions of international students into the country.
00:07:09.740 We're going to allow hundreds of thousands of temporary foreign workers into the country.
00:07:13.920 And we're going to welcome in half a million new permanent residents into the country each year.
00:07:18.480 For a better understanding and a visual as to just how quickly Canada's population has ballooned
00:07:23.960 over the past just four years,
00:07:26.080 economist Mike Moffitt, who was also one of Justin Trudeau's economic advisors,
00:07:31.420 put this tweet out yesterday.
00:07:33.520 And he wrote this,
00:07:34.520 At the end of 2024, we will only be through four years of this decade.
00:07:39.140 Despite that, Canada will have added more people to its population
00:07:43.160 than we did in any of the four previous decades.
00:07:47.580 And what has come from all of this growth?
00:07:49.740 Has Canada's economy boomed?
00:07:51.700 Well, actually, Canada's per capita GDP has been decreasing.
00:07:56.380 Crime seems to be increasing.
00:07:58.840 Do Canadians feel safe in their cities anymore?
00:08:01.480 I think we all know the answer to that.
00:08:02.920 Youth unemployment has skyrocketed.
00:08:06.320 Housing starts have actually managed to decrease.
00:08:10.180 So Canada's housing market has become even more difficult to break into.
00:08:15.000 Canadians are getting poorer.
00:08:17.080 Young Canadians are struggling to find work.
00:08:20.080 Young Canadians and, frankly, Canadians of all ages
00:08:22.620 are having extreme difficulty finding housing and being able to afford rent.
00:08:27.480 And I think it's pretty safe to say that social cohesion across this country has fallen apart as well.
00:08:34.440 So that's what we get with all of this population growth.
00:08:37.120 What a gift.
00:08:38.060 Thank you so much for this.
00:08:39.720 But where does this sudden U-turn really come from?
00:08:43.120 It certainly doesn't come from political opposition from the Conservatives.
00:08:46.980 They've basically been holding the Liberal government's hand with immigration over the past nine years.
00:08:51.760 It comes from grassroots public outcry.
00:08:55.160 It came from Canadian citizens, patriotic citizens, exposing the massive LMIA immigration fraud taking place in this country.
00:09:05.200 It came from Canadians relentlessly calling out mass immigration for the housing crisis taking place in our country.
00:09:12.500 I would say that a big shout-out for this massive change in public policy deserves to go to the patriotic Canadian citizen
00:09:20.820 who mapped out all of the positive LMIA applications given to employers in Canada on the LMIA map.
00:09:28.720 So Canadians could zoom in on their town or city and find out who was abusing the temporary foreign worker system.
00:09:35.300 And no doubt, a lot of it came from this Toronto Star expose into the temporary foreign worker program that was released today.
00:09:43.400 Government officers told to skip fraud prevention steps when vetting temporary foreign worker applications Star investigation finds.
00:09:52.660 According to this incredible piece of journalism from the Toronto Star, believe it or not,
00:09:57.300 I know it is in fact possible for them to do some good journalism.
00:10:01.260 This is one example of it.
00:10:02.460 From the Toronto Star's piece, according to internal ESDC documents obtained by the Star in interviews with a current ESDC employee,
00:10:11.740 routine checks meant to ensure the system is not abused by unscrupulous employers have been suspended in an effort to process applications faster.
00:10:21.160 Those checks include contacting employers to confirm they actually applied to hire a worker,
00:10:26.520 verifying that lawyers and consultants applying on behalf of employers are in good standing with their regulator,
00:10:31.480 and clarifying the overtime, vacation and benefits promised to the worker.
00:10:36.060 So the federal government didn't actually bother to do any checks into the temporary foreign worker program
00:10:42.600 before just fast tracking the applications and allowing the program to expand.
00:10:47.680 Allowing the program to expand to hundreds of thousands of temporary foreign workers.
00:10:52.860 Hundreds of thousands of workers who are being abused in many cases, are unaware of their rights,
00:11:00.840 are potentially and quite likely being paid under the table, being paid under minimum wage,
00:11:06.660 and suppressing the wages of Canadians, resulting in not only just harm to these workers,
00:11:13.080 but harm to Canadian people.
00:11:15.720 For what benefit?
00:11:16.800 Who wins?
00:11:17.440 I've tried to say this before, and I'll say it again.
00:11:20.380 Who wins in this situation?
00:11:22.120 It's not the Canadian people.
00:11:23.720 We know that.
00:11:24.600 It's also not the temporary foreign workers.
00:11:27.020 The winners are employers.
00:11:29.300 The winners are these large employers hiring these temporary foreign workers.
00:11:35.120 And when it comes to international students,
00:11:37.540 the winners aren't even the students.
00:11:39.900 The winners in this instance are the colleges and again the employers who have been allowed to hire these international students.
00:11:48.180 And the losers are all of us.
00:11:50.960 You know, in 2019, People's Party leader Maxime Bernier was the only politician to actually address mass immigration in this country.
00:11:59.540 It was a key policy point in his 2019 election campaign.
00:12:03.900 Say no to mass immigration.
00:12:05.580 Do you remember seeing these billboards around your city or maybe reading about them in the news?
00:12:10.620 Reading about how racist and divisive this messaging was?
00:12:14.920 That's what the legacy media tried to tell us about Maxime Bernier's message in 2019.
00:12:20.020 And that's also what the Federal Conservative Party tried to tell us as well about Maxime Bernier's message in 2019.
00:12:28.620 Because if you will recall, in 2019, the Conservative Party hired an outside PR firm to smear and attack Maxime Bernier as a racist for calling out mass immigration.
00:12:41.420 Not only did the Conservatives say nothing at all about immigration,
00:12:45.440 they actually went out of their way to attack the only party addressing the issue.
00:12:50.160 Have Conservative politicians actually really said anything at all about immigration?
00:12:55.580 The number one issue facing this country?
00:12:57.580 We know what Pierre Polyev has said about immigration.
00:13:00.960 He has repeated the line that Justin Trudeau has broken Canada's immigration system.
00:13:05.640 It was a convenient phrase for him to use to avoid actually addressing the issue and to say something,
00:13:11.940 but without any real substance, to say that the immigration system is broken.
00:13:15.660 In a French language interview, Pierre Polyev did say that the number of international students admitted into Canada would be lowered significantly.
00:13:22.940 After, of course, the federal government announced cuts to that program.
00:13:28.380 When it was unpopular in the legacy media and the political circles in Ottawa to speak about mass immigration,
00:13:36.260 but popular across the country to speak about immigration,
00:13:40.200 Pierre Polyev and the Conservative Party were nowhere to be found.
00:13:43.200 It's fair to say, actually, that the Conservatives never actually stood up with the majority of Canadian people
00:13:51.260 to speak about this issue back in 2022 and at any time, really, in 2023.
00:13:57.420 It's all kind of similar to what the Conservative Party did during the Freedom Convoy and during the pandemic,
00:14:02.580 if my memory served me right.
00:14:04.680 They waited until the public pressure, the bottom-up, citizen-led pressure,
00:14:09.740 forced the federal government to actually make a change before the Conservatives said anything at all.
00:14:15.560 Once Canadian citizens were sufficiently smeared as conspiracy theorists and the fringe minority,
00:14:21.700 when the ball had been put on the one-yard line away from the end zone,
00:14:24.760 that's when the Conservatives picked up the ball, ran the one-yard into the end zone, and celebrated a victory.
00:14:30.560 Now, are we going to see the same result?
00:14:33.800 Now that Canadians were attacked as racist and xenophobic and anti-immigration,
00:14:39.180 now that the public pressure has finally paid off on the government to actually do something about this,
00:14:43.900 are the Conservatives now finally going to speak about this?
00:14:47.340 What would have happened if, back in 2019, the Conservatives actually did address mass immigration?
00:14:52.960 What if this issue was mainstream back then?
00:14:55.880 Might Canada's per capita GDP have increased?
00:14:58.820 Would young Canadians be facing the unemployment issues that they are right now?
00:15:03.020 Maybe wages would have increased for low-skilled jobs, attracting young Canadians to these jobs.
00:15:08.380 Just maybe the housing situation might not be as bad.
00:15:12.200 It would have been nice to see the political opposition fight and oppose the government
00:15:17.000 when it was unpopular to do so, but the right thing to do.
00:15:20.840 Not just once the legacy media and the federal government themselves have already made the change.
00:15:27.620 But I guess we'll never find out.
00:15:29.980 All that being said, a victory is a victory,
00:15:33.020 and to those that have been fighting this issue for many years,
00:15:36.580 including Maxime Bernier,
00:15:38.920 this should feel like some major vindication.
00:15:41.940 All right, everyone, that's going to do it for us today on the show.
00:15:43.960 Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:15:45.020 My name is Harrison Faulkner, and this is Ratio.