postyX - Maple Syrup & Mayhem #8： Human Trafficking Empire

00:00:00.000 Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Maple Syrup and Mayhem. I almost forgot the name of my own podcast.

00:00:07.160 Today, we're going to talk about the TFW and modern day slavery that Canada is, the government is actually supporting and encouraging.

00:00:15.320 And the response to PP finally saying something, it's not enough, but I guess, you know, considering our politicians are both on the same side.

00:00:24.960 I guess expecting PP to say anything is better than nothing.

00:00:28.000 So we're going to go over that. There was a few articles written, actually, Diverge Media sent me their in-depth research.

00:00:36.280 So we're going to use some of that to go over some of the points that are in that and why this program continues to go without anybody saying it.

00:00:44.700 Well, people say stuff, but I mean, without it being, you know, legally sanctioned or anything like that.

00:00:50.180 So the UN, or the United Nations, rather, Special Rapporteur, however you pronounce that, they put out a report.

00:00:58.500 And I think it may have been last year, but I could be wrong. It could have been even before that.

00:01:01.660 But anyways, they described that Canada's temporary foreign worker program or the TFW program as a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.

00:01:10.320 And I used air quotes there. But why, you know, Mark Carney, and I'm going to put the clip in here in a second, he defended the program's expansion,

00:01:18.660 citing that businesses are concerned that their second biggest issue is access to temporary foreign workers after the tariffs.

00:01:25.640 So why would a prime minister who, you know, for all intents and purposes, are supposed to care about the constituents that they rule over,

00:01:35.300 be more concerned about businesses being able to find temporary foreign workers,

00:01:40.780 especially when these businesses are making money hand over fist?

00:01:45.860 Mr. Paliyev called this morning on the government to scrap the temporary foreign worker program.

00:01:50.340 Is it time to shut the program down?

00:01:51.600 Mr. Well, I would say the following, which is that that program has a role.

00:02:00.780 It has to be focused in terms of its role.

00:02:04.100 And it's part of what we're viewing.

00:02:05.680 It's part of what we will be discussing, how well the temporary foreign worker program is working

00:02:09.780 and how our overall immigration system is working.

00:02:12.760 We've been absolutely clear as a government that we want and we're putting in place policies

00:02:18.060 so that the overall level of immigration as a proportion of the population will decline

00:02:23.160 from around 7% today to around 5% several years from now.

00:02:27.800 Now, the biggest contributor to immigration is not temporary foreign workers.

00:02:32.080 It's a variety of other factors.

00:02:33.400 And I will say, je vais répéter en français parce que c'est important.

00:02:39.140 When I talk to businesses around the country, especially, particularly in Quebec,

00:02:44.580 but elsewhere across the country, their number one issue is tariffs

00:02:48.700 and their number two issue is access to temporary foreign workers.

00:02:52.560 Okay?

00:02:53.820 So what is the temporary foreign worker program and why do we need it?

00:02:57.480 Well, the story is, if you believe what they tell you is that, and it did, I guess,

00:03:01.880 at some point in time in Canada have a purpose because it was invented, I guess,

00:03:06.880 or whatever you want to create it for the farming industry,

00:03:10.480 mostly because it was very difficult for farmers to get the labor.

00:03:14.700 It's temporary, right?

00:03:16.140 Usually you're only coming up for a certain period of time during the year,

00:03:19.380 and then you're going back home.

00:03:21.080 But it's now expanded to pretty much everything.

00:03:23.500 And why this benefits companies to use this program is because they get a subsidy from the government.

00:03:31.520 They use what's, they ask for or request what's called a labor market impact assessment.

00:03:38.240 And we talk about this all the time, the LMIAs.

00:03:41.300 And what that does is basically determines whether or not a company is having or struggling hiring people.

00:03:48.440 And they, you know, lay out their claim to the government that, you know, they're having issues hiring Canadians.

00:03:55.040 So they're allowed to bring in people on a temporary foreign worker program.

00:03:59.960 Why does this matter?

00:04:01.060 Because I'm sure you're sitting there thinking, well, what does it matter besides the fact that you're bringing in non-Canadians? 1.00

00:04:06.000 But economically, why does it matter?

00:04:08.280 Because you're thinking probably that they're getting paid minimum wage, right?

00:04:11.300 Well, no, that's not the fact.

00:04:12.880 So there's huge profits to be made in scamming people, foreigners. 1.00

00:04:17.100 And the funny thing is, is it's foreigners scamming foreigners. 1.00

00:04:19.700 It's always the way.

00:04:21.700 So when they come to Canada through the temporary foreign worker program, you know, in Diverge Media's article, they said, according to one immigration consultant,

00:04:29.520 some foreigners are paying up to $60,000 for a labor market impact assessment in Ontario.

00:04:35.980 The actual cost from the government is only $1,000.

00:04:39.860 So somebody's making huge profits here.

00:04:42.180 They're exploiting, you know, these people seeking a better life, I guess you could say.

00:04:46.240 There was also an interview that Diverge Media talked about as well in their article, saying that most of these people buy the LMIA through unethical consultants and employers.

00:04:57.880 I'm sure if you've watched any of us nationalists talking about it, or you've even been on TikTok, or maybe even Instagram,

00:05:04.660 you'll see all the different Indians, mostly consultants, helping other Indians advertising to get them here.

00:05:12.980 So why do you need to advertise that kind of thing?

00:05:15.700 You know, this is my question, right?

00:05:17.040 So the going rate for the LMIA charged by these consultants and employers runs up to $60,000 in Ontario, but obviously it varies by province.

00:05:28.640 I'm sure Ontario is probably the most expensive.

00:05:31.200 And I'm going to pop in this video here, again, from Diverge Media.

00:05:35.680 It was an Ontario woman charged 35 foreign workers illegal recruitment fees, and she's still allowed to operate. 0.57

00:05:41.840 So there are obviously huge rampant abuse, and the funny thing is, and I know Canada, and this is going off on a little bit of a tangent,

00:05:48.320 but I know Canada doesn't have a history of slavery.

00:05:50.400 That's the Americans' cross to bear, I guess you could say. 0.52

00:05:54.000 But we do actually currently have slavery.

00:05:57.220 This is slavery.

00:05:57.880 And what the Canadian people are going through and what they're working for is also modern-day slavery.

00:06:03.420 So it's funny, it's not slavery when the people are white, or they're exploiting, you know, foreigners that don't belong here that are getting the money, 0.88

00:06:11.220 or it's impacting big businesses, right?

00:06:14.640 And they're making huge profit, like I said, hand over fist.

00:06:17.000 A joyful dance from foreign workers, showing off their work permits, golden tickets to a new life in Canada. 0.61

00:06:26.720 Stories like these are all over this recruitment agency's Facebook page.

00:06:30.680 It's called Link for Staff.

00:06:32.860 It's owned by Janet Mosquito.

00:06:35.080 She claims to have helped hundreds of newcomers for a fee.

00:06:39.480 But behind the happy pictures, CBC found a trail of broken dreams.

00:06:44.580 Everything's a lie.

00:06:45.360 John Kizzo wishes he'd never met her.

00:06:48.200 In March 2023, the international student says he paid the recruiter nearly $3,000 to help him find a job and work permit.

00:06:56.940 He dropped out of college and Mosquito found him a job.

00:07:00.380 But she never came through with the work permit.

00:07:03.220 Kizzo's now living in this homeless shelter, broke and unable to work legally.

00:07:08.800 I cannot pay the debt.

00:07:11.140 I can't find a job.

00:07:15.360 I can't even support my son.

00:07:17.040 A CBC investigation has found that Mosquito and her companies have been caught 35 times by the Ministry of Labour,

00:07:24.500 charging foreign workers illegal recruitment fees for jobs.

00:07:28.380 That makes her Ontario's top offender. 0.96

00:07:31.760 While she was ordered to repay the fees, sometimes with a small penalty,

00:07:36.540 this lawyer says that's not enough to discourage unscrupulous recruiters.

00:07:40.880 It's like a parking ticket, you know.

00:07:44.180 You park, you get a violation, you pay.

00:07:47.780 That's it.

00:07:48.660 You can do it again.

00:07:49.960 Under provincial law, repeat offenders can be charged and face jail time.

00:07:55.340 CBC asked the ministry why they haven't pursued Mosquito.

00:07:58.940 They did not answer, but said they will soon introduce tougher measures,

00:08:03.040 including naming and shaming dishonest immigration representatives.

00:08:06.900 Thank you for calling Link 4 staff.

00:08:10.020 Meanwhile, Mosquito's company is still open for business.

00:08:13.540 CBC tried contacting her multiple times for comments, but...

00:08:17.840 Hello, I'm calling from CBC News.

00:08:21.160 They hung up.

00:08:22.240 Valérie Ouellet, CBC News, Toronto.

00:08:24.460 Divergent Media actually went through 46 pages of companies that were deemed to be in non-compliance

00:08:30.600 with the government's requirements.

00:08:32.000 Shocking.

00:08:32.440 There's no enforcement on anything in the government currently,

00:08:36.060 unless you're, you know, nationalists spreading, you know, memes or something like that.

00:08:39.980 I'm sure they enforce that.

00:08:41.060 But other than that, there's no enforcement in long-term care.

00:08:43.740 There's no enforcement on these programs.

00:08:45.600 There's no enforcement in the trucking industry.

00:08:47.740 There's nothing.

00:08:48.500 It's basically the Wild West.

00:08:49.880 It's escape from L.A., you know, modern-day version.

00:08:52.760 So, even though they were non-compliant, they were still eligible for the program,

00:08:58.100 even after refusing to hand over paperwork to the investigators and falsely advertising wages.

00:09:04.740 So, this is where the, I guess this is the crux of the issue, right?

00:09:08.520 This is the key.

00:09:09.580 So, the jobs that you do see advertise for 36 an hour to be a cook at a pizza joint,

00:09:14.940 or, you know, to work at Tim Hortons or something,

00:09:17.900 it's highly unlikely that those companies are actually paying those wages.

00:09:20.620 So, what's happening is they're advertising for that, you know,

00:09:24.040 and so that they can, you know, claim to the government,

00:09:26.480 look, we advertised for, you know, a front desk person or a counter person or, you know,

00:09:32.540 again, somebody as the manager at a pizza shop for $40 an hour and nobody wants to do it.

00:09:38.520 When in reality, they're not contacting the people who send in their resume.

00:09:42.600 They're not, you know, doing any kind of interviews or any of that stuff.

00:09:46.200 They're just claiming that they've done it and that they cannot get the thing. 1.00

00:09:49.660 And the government is so fucking retarded and stupid and complicit at all this, complicit, 1.00

00:09:55.520 they don't even go into check. 1.00

00:09:57.300 So, you know, it's basically just all, like, it's all paperwork.

00:10:01.080 It's bread and circuses.

00:10:02.920 And what's even more ludicrous is that some employers are still eligible for the program

00:10:08.600 after it was found that they did not put in enough effort to ensure the workplace was free

00:10:14.020 from physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, financial abuse,

00:10:19.280 and to ensure there was no reprisals against TFWs. 0.88

00:10:24.900 God damn is right. 0.94

00:10:28.600 So here's the list I got. 0.95

00:10:29.860 Again, I got it from Diverge Media's article, and I'm going to link it in the description

00:10:33.600 so you can look at the whole article because it was really done, well done and researched.

00:10:37.780 A short list of non-compliant employers of the TFW and International Mobility Program.

00:10:44.040 So you have a list here of people that these people are in BC and Alberta or whatever.

00:10:49.160 But you have, like, where are we?

00:10:51.480 Mr. Taco, for example.

00:10:53.420 Mr. Taco.

00:10:54.320 Like, I'm assuming that is a fast food place, and you have to hire somebody from another country 1.00

00:10:59.840 to work there.

00:11:00.560 That doesn't make any sense.

00:11:02.400 Construction, same thing.

00:11:03.700 You're bringing in people that have no knowledge or experience or anything of our safety standards

00:11:09.060 here in construction.

00:11:10.080 So why are you bringing somebody in?

00:11:12.640 Likely they're coming from India.

00:11:14.800 You know, so I'm not sure what the purpose is there.

00:11:19.480 If you go here, you know, and some of these two, the random names like Stockton, you know,

00:11:23.500 okay, that's a property service.

00:11:24.760 But over here, we had Mark Anthony Group. 1.00

00:11:26.640 What the fuck? 0.99

00:11:27.160 What is Coms Holdings? 1.00

00:11:28.320 Like, these are probably shell companies for fucking, what do you call it, money laundering. 0.98

00:11:34.160 Euroforce, Miracle Janitor Service. 0.99

00:11:36.640 You're telling me with all the immigrants we currently have in this country that are able 1.00

00:11:40.980 to work legally, you couldn't find one person to do Miracle Janitor Service?

00:11:47.940 Give me a break.

00:11:49.300 We have one in Mississauga here, Euroforce, not surprising.

00:11:53.420 Look, where do we have?

00:11:55.020 Security, love it.

00:11:56.360 It's Mao and Plo, again, another company, Pathogenia. 1.00

00:12:00.940 What the fuck is that? 0.99

00:12:02.100 El Comal Mexican, a Mexican restaurant. 1.00

00:12:06.960 Kipling Motor Inn.

00:12:08.520 Yes, they're taking over the motels and the hotels too.

00:12:12.380 Liquor King in Alberta.

00:12:14.200 Again, can't find someone to work at a liquor store. 1.00

00:12:16.220 So it's all bullshit. 0.99

00:12:17.340 It's all just, like I said, in order to scam the system. 1.00

00:12:19.920 And the government doesn't care because they want these people here. 0.98

00:12:22.420 They want the, you know, as much as they might be, you know, blowing smoke up our ass and 0.95

00:12:27.420 telling us that, you know, they do care. 0.99

00:12:29.260 Well, Carney basically showed his whole ass by telling us that he's worried more about 0.99

00:12:32.560 the businesses. 0.99

00:12:33.180 But even PP coming along here and saying, oh, you know, this is, it doesn't matter because

00:12:37.220 you had time to do something about it and you didn't.

00:12:39.080 And you don't care because the big companies that have the lobbyists that are, you know,

00:12:43.500 lining your pockets with money are the ones that control this country if you want to,

00:12:47.620 you know, get down to it.

00:12:48.580 So you don't care.

00:12:49.880 You're just, it's all just performative, right?

00:12:52.340 None of these people in these companies are highly, are, what do you call it?

00:12:57.580 They require people to bring in.

00:13:00.420 They're not highly skilled jobs that you need to get people.

00:13:03.320 And really in Canada, like you, there is really still jobs here that we can't find a Canadian

00:13:10.260 to do.

00:13:10.860 Like I find that really hard to believe.

00:13:12.740 There is no obscure jobs here.

00:13:15.280 And if there was one, it would be very, very few that you need to bring somebody in from

00:13:21.340 another country for. 0.99

00:13:22.160 So it's all bullshit. 1.00

00:13:23.520 I call ducktales on all of it. 0.99

00:13:26.400 Reason the employers may be found non-compliant.

00:13:29.300 So they went through this and they also, you know, found the reasons why they're not compliant.

00:13:34.180 One was employer couldn't show the information they listed and the offer of employment was true.

00:13:38.640 So the money that they're putting out or the offers of employment they're putting out, they

00:13:43.220 can't validate that because it's a lie.

00:13:46.520 For a period of six years, starting on the first date, the foreign national worked for

00:13:49.940 them, right?

00:13:51.140 The employer didn't keep documents that showed they met the conditions of employing a foreign 0.93

00:13:55.040 national for a period of six years.

00:13:57.820 The employer didn't have the money to pay the wages agreed to with a live-in caregiver.

00:14:02.900 That's another big scam with the live-in caregivers. 0.89

00:14:04.720 The employer couldn't show the description they gave for the job on the labor market impact

00:14:08.920 assessment application was true for a period of six years.

00:14:11.500 Like I said, they're advertising stuff that's not true.

00:14:13.980 They're not looking to hire somebody.

00:14:15.360 They just have to prove that they advertised for it.

00:14:18.540 Who is checking on them to see if they've received resumes?

00:14:22.180 Who is actually checking to see if they've done any kind of interviews?

00:14:25.100 Nobody.

00:14:26.160 So outside of the lack of enforcement, there is the exploitation factor.

00:14:30.540 Not that I care as much about that because my thought is you shouldn't be trying to come 1.00

00:14:34.000 here anyways, stay in India, stay in China or wherever you're from, and make your country 0.98

00:14:39.560 great like our country was before you guys invaded.

00:14:42.700 So I don't really care too much about that, but there is something to be said from the

00:14:46.380 political aspect that they are exploiting these people and bringing them here. 0.90

00:14:50.400 And if the United Nations actually gave a fuck about anything, they would call them out 0.82

00:14:54.440 on it, or they did call them out on it. 0.97

00:14:56.440 They would actually do something, place sanctions on Canada or something, but they won't because 0.99

00:15:00.660 nobody gives a shit. 0.99

00:15:02.040 So that was the big thing. 0.99

00:15:03.460 You know, there's a lot of them being exploited.

00:15:05.460 But again, I recommend you don't come here to Canada.

00:15:08.120 Stay in where you're from and make your country great.

00:15:11.500 That's my advice.

00:15:12.720 So the legal perspective from it, so the Criminal Code and Immigration and Refugees Protection

00:15:18.360 Act prohibits human trafficking, which this is actually basically human trafficking.

00:15:22.960 It's a very big part of it.

00:15:24.380 A lot of the, you know, temporary foreign workers, you know, complain that they're not

00:15:28.920 receiving the wages that they were promised, that they had unfair working conditions, no

00:15:33.820 surprise, and that the employer, you know, they can basically just fire them and send

00:15:38.180 them home.

00:15:38.800 So when people say, well, you know, why would they work for less than minimum wage? 0.99

00:15:42.800 Well, because it's by one stroke of a pen, their ass is going back to India. 1.00

00:15:47.700 So they don't want that. 0.98

00:15:49.460 What they do is they get these jobs, and then they disappear and start doing Uber Eats and

00:15:53.060 all this other shit, driving, getting a fake, you know, AZ license and driving a truck and, 0.98

00:15:58.000 you know, killing multiple people. 1.00

00:15:59.480 This is, you know, basically their game plan here. 0.64

00:16:01.880 So they do get abused by scamming employees, so they're willing to take the abuse, but then

00:16:05.960 they do their fair share of scamming as well.

00:16:08.740 What they're saying is that, you know, Canadians wouldn't tolerate this kind of abuse or

00:16:11.840 mistreatment, but TFWs who will be sent home, if they lose their job, they will, obviously,

00:16:16.980 right?

00:16:17.640 The housing aspect too, and, you know, this isn't even, I mean, it does affect the housing market,

00:16:22.360 but a lot of times these people, the employers will house the TFWs in, you know, substandard

00:16:28.180 conditions.

00:16:29.380 The standards are different from these countries, so maybe to them that's not substandard, but

00:16:33.560 that's not the standards that we built here in Canada and that we expect to live under.

00:16:38.860 And that includes overcrowding, mixed gender housing, and women who had not consented to 1.00

00:16:44.640 living in mixed gender housing.

00:16:47.240 We know who's guilty of that.

00:16:49.020 Lack of climate control, laundry facilities, food, prep, and storage areas, and there were

00:16:54.500 some situations reported that 20 to 30 people share a single washroom.

00:17:00.240 I guess it's better than India, right? 1.00

00:17:01.740 You're shitting outside. 0.99

00:17:03.280 Reluctant to raise issues with their employers or to report exploitative working conditions, 0.97

00:17:07.200 fearing that they may be identified as complainants.

00:17:09.800 Another issue that the report detailed was that the inspections of workplaces were often

00:17:14.940 announced ahead of time and gave employers time to conceal evidence of noncompliance and

00:17:18.760 send away workers who are more likely to speak up.

00:17:21.280 69% of the inspections were done virtually.

00:17:24.560 And this is actually something that I, you know, well, I know more about, I guess, the long-term

00:17:29.040 care aspect of inspections as, you know, I used to work in that field broadly.

00:17:35.220 They, especially during the scandemic, the scam that was COVID, they didn't do any of

00:17:41.440 these inspections.

00:17:42.100 Why do you think the military had to come in in Canada and wrote a scathing report in

00:17:46.620 Ontario for how bad the conditions our seniors are living in?

00:17:51.320 And who owns these homes?

00:17:53.320 Private companies, large private companies with large shareholders, or large board members 0.87

00:17:58.560 rather, that, you know, get kicked or get their shares or whatever the fuck you want to

00:18:02.900 call it, they're at the end of the profit sharing or whatever it is that they make. 0.91

00:18:06.300 And how do they make such a big profit?

00:18:07.900 Well, obviously, by hiring uneducated, unexperienced workers, a lot of, I'm sure that a lot of them

00:18:14.780 are, you know, temporary foreign workers, or maybe not, maybe they're, you know, but they're,

00:18:18.840 again, not experienced or skilled enough to be there, as well as the, you know, other conditions

00:18:24.300 like crowding, maintenance issues, food, you know, the health products that people need.

00:18:30.960 But it's mostly staffing, right?

00:18:33.140 It's mostly they cut the staffing down.

00:18:34.980 And that's also they can make a profit, right?

00:18:37.200 Did anybody say anything?

00:18:38.540 No, they were pretty embarrassed. 1.00

00:18:39.740 The fat fuck Doug Ford was pretty embarrassed about it. 1.00

00:18:41.960 But did anything happen? 1.00

00:18:43.400 No, it's still the same, more of the same.

00:18:46.420 So it doesn't surprise me that the workers are also being subject to these conditions, 0.99

00:18:51.900 because they don't, again, they don't give a fuck. 0.99

00:18:53.940 You are just cattle here. 1.00

00:18:56.200 People in this country, even actual Canadians, we're just cattle here.

00:18:59.960 We're just taxpaying cattle to support the elites and keep the, give the boomers their 1.00

00:19:04.100 pension, make sure the boomers keep their pension. 0.76

00:19:05.880 That's all we're here to do. 0.97

00:19:06.740 We're going to have absolutely fucking nothing. 0.97

00:19:08.660 And our kids are going to have even less than nothing. 0.97

00:19:11.340 And so now they're, you know, they're also exploiting people from other countries and bringing 1.00

00:19:15.320 them here to make sure of that, which is just insane to me.

00:19:18.820 And that was kind of a, you know, tangent that might have been unrelated, but whatever.

00:19:22.760 And doing virtually, like, how do you do an inspection virtually? 0.95

00:19:25.360 Like, I'm sorry, but get the fuck out.

00:19:28.260 According to Amnesty International, they interviewed 44 workers and found that most of them reported

00:19:35.460 unpaid wages and excessive working hours.

00:19:38.980 They said the program is beyond reprehensible.

00:19:41.940 And they reviewed stipulated zero rest days and some workers reported being subjected to

00:19:45.900 racist language.

00:19:47.120 Heck, that's pretty funny. 1.00

00:19:48.640 By their employers and supervisors, including being called donkeys, Indians and shitty Mexicans. 1.00

00:19:53.820 Well, you are an Indian. 0.99

00:19:55.600 So, you know, and again, not that, you know, I would, I wouldn't even encourage hiring people

00:20:01.480 from these countries, then you wouldn't have to use that context.

00:20:03.260 But again, you're in a country that's not yours. 0.57

00:20:04.860 So it's to be expected, right?

00:20:07.200 Now, moving on, this is a very long, you know, article, and I'm talking a lot.

00:20:13.620 So forgive me.

00:20:15.520 TFWs are being used where they aren't needed. 0.97

00:20:17.680 This is the biggest issue.

00:20:19.000 And I just said that at the beginning, like it used to be used for farm work and temporary,

00:20:22.740 right?

00:20:23.240 And then they would go back.

00:20:24.200 And a lot of times they were from South America, not that that, or Mexico, not that

00:20:28.120 that necessarily is any, I mean, it is infinitely better than India, but it's still, you know, 1.00

00:20:32.100 not great.

00:20:32.920 So right now, though, the biggest place it's being abused is the trucking industry.

00:20:37.300 And we all know anybody who drives on, you know, Canadian highways or roads knows that

00:20:43.920 this is the case.

00:20:44.960 You don't need to do any kind of research.

00:20:46.680 You just have to have eyes.

00:20:47.700 So that's it.

00:20:49.320 So the freight levels are at 40-year lows, according to the Canadian Trucking Association.

00:20:57.580 And yet the Liberal government is still approving these applications for trucking positions in

00:21:01.800 populated areas like Brampton.

00:21:04.880 So let's look at some of the, they've actually, there's a, I'm popping in a screenshot here.

00:21:09.800 You'll see of the advertisements on the job bank, they're giving 36, they say 36, 36, $33

00:21:16.620 an hour.

00:21:18.180 Now, the Canadian Trucking Association said, aside from the tariffs, the industry is currently

00:21:22.520 experiencing the worst freight market in 40 years due to, ding, ding, ding, overcapacity,

00:21:30.620 poor North American market conditions and out of control underground economy that is driving

00:21:35.660 compliant fleets out of business.

00:21:37.760 This is the, goes back to the safety thing too, right?

00:21:40.400 So in order to keep your fleet of trucks compliant and safety, like safe on the road, which most

00:21:46.420 Canadian, you know, white companies would do just out of pure, you know, ethics, I guess 0.96

00:21:51.620 you could say.

00:21:52.040 It doesn't even necessarily matter if it's the law.

00:21:54.500 Most people don't want to be the cause of a multi-death accident.

00:21:58.860 That's just, you know, the way we are.

00:22:01.220 But in order to keep those, it's expensive.

00:22:04.080 Maintenance is expensive.

00:22:05.360 Repairs are expensive. 0.55

00:22:06.260 And if you've driven on any of the roads in Canada, excuse me, the roads are in shitty

00:22:12.440 condition all the time.

00:22:14.300 So you're probably going to have more repairs, right?

00:22:16.520 We also go through pretty brutal winters here, which also causes that stuff.

00:22:19.900 So they don't do this.

00:22:21.580 How can these companies undercut the bigger fleet companies and get more business?

00:22:26.180 Well, because they're cheaper because they're cutting corners.

00:22:28.800 That's a tale as old as time.

00:22:30.560 And the fact that people don't see this is just, again, insane to me.

00:22:34.620 Like, I'm amazed at how blind people are. 1.00

00:22:36.640 So if Canada has the worst freight market in 40 years due to over capacity, why is the Liberal

00:22:45.440 government approving more TFWs for trucking positions?

00:22:49.980 You got me.

00:22:51.000 So, yes, we know in conclusion that PP has called for reform, but reform is not even like that's

00:23:02.640 we're past reform.

00:23:04.360 It needs to end.

00:23:05.640 And every single person who is currently here on a TFW needs to go back.

00:23:10.780 OK, that's for starters.

00:23:12.200 Those jobs can be filled.

00:23:14.560 If you're paying the market wage for it, you it will be filled by Canadians. 1.00

00:23:19.500 I hate hearing this whole thing. 1.00

00:23:20.940 Well, what like somebody made some idiot tweeted or whatever. 1.00

00:23:24.560 Well, what what teenager wants to work overnights at a fucking KFC or whatever it is? 1.00

00:23:30.160 Well, you know, back in the day, they didn't work overnights there. 0.99

00:23:33.080 It wasn't open overnights.

00:23:34.520 OK, and they did, you know, work the night shift till I was one of those people that used

00:23:39.580 to work until 11 o'clock at night, midnight, and then go to home and go to school the next

00:23:43.960 morning.

00:23:44.380 So they do they will work those jobs, but they don't want to do it for twelve dollars 0.96

00:23:49.260 an hour or ten dollars an hour or fucking eight dollars an hour, because that's not what 0.98

00:23:53.260 the market is asking for. 0.98

00:23:54.620 Market, you know, is the market rate is. 1.00

00:23:57.780 So it's bullshit. 0.99

00:23:58.960 There's lots of kids. 1.00

00:24:00.040 Our unemployment rate is higher than it's been fucking forever. 0.93

00:24:03.180 So how can you say that these people don't want to work these jobs? 0.97

00:24:07.160 No, they don't want to be modern day slaves.

00:24:09.000 We have standards here.

00:24:10.160 There's a reason why this country is great.

00:24:11.840 And it's because we made it that way and we want it to stay that way.

00:24:14.820 So these all need to go.

00:24:16.640 That's the only reform that's needed is a total abolition or whatever.

00:24:20.900 Just get rid of it. 1.00

00:24:22.540 Get rid of the fucking program. 1.00

00:24:24.360 No more TFWs, no more fucking whatever the other program is. 1.00

00:24:27.900 No more LMIAs. 0.99

00:24:29.160 That's it. 1.00

00:24:29.640 If you cannot find staff to work at your fucking Tim Hortons, maybe there's too many fucking 1.00

00:24:33.780 Tim Hortons. 0.99

00:24:34.720 And I'm going to end on this article.

00:24:36.560 You see here, Juno News put out an article that says the government refused to release

00:24:41.940 the data on how many temporary migrants leave Canada.

00:24:45.100 And this is the big thing, right?

00:24:47.240 Like you would think, I guess, if the program worked the way it was intended, it wouldn't

00:24:52.540 be that big of a deal because they would come.

00:24:54.560 They'd work here for the few months and then they'd go back.

00:24:56.980 So, you know, and they wouldn't be getting any health care here.

00:24:59.500 Their employer would be responsible for, you know, paying for their health care and all

00:25:03.380 stuff.

00:25:03.600 So they really wouldn't be tapping into the resources that much.

00:25:06.040 But the issue comes is that they don't go home.

00:25:08.820 They disappear. 0.99

00:25:10.220 You know, there's probably three million people with the last name Singh in this fucking country. 0.99

00:25:14.560 So how can you find them? 0.99

00:25:16.620 Right.

00:25:16.860 They use each other's ID.

00:25:18.380 They have fake IDs. 1.00

00:25:19.540 They like it's all fucking scams. 1.00

00:25:21.540 It's all scams. 0.99

00:25:22.380 So they're not releasing the information about how many people go home because they don't

00:25:26.020 know.

00:25:26.720 Right.

00:25:26.960 Or alternatively, they do know and they know it's going to make people mad.

00:25:32.040 So they had Juno News had reached out to the CBSA, Canadian Border Services Agency, and

00:25:40.460 they basically said that they refused to release that information despite confirming that it

00:25:45.760 collects individual entry and exit information on all travelers.

00:25:48.960 They're refusing to release the data on how many international students and TFWs actually

00:25:54.600 leave the country when their visa permits expire.

00:25:57.960 In response to a True North inquiry, the CBSA confirmed it collects exit information at land

00:26:03.120 and air border crossings.

00:26:05.040 The data is used to confirm whether individuals remain in the country after their authorized

00:26:08.540 state ends.

00:26:10.540 The CBSA spokesperson told the True North that the data is applied on a case-by-case basis to

00:26:17.360 support immigration enforcement, which means it doesn't happen at all.

00:26:21.040 However, aggregate data on specific cohorts, including international students and temporary

00:26:26.040 workers, is not available.

00:26:28.000 Hmm.

00:26:28.500 Why?

00:26:29.340 Right?

00:26:31.100 The federal government, through Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, publishes detailed

00:26:34.960 arrival numbers but cannot tally how many temporary residents depart Canada once their visa

00:26:40.420 expires.

00:26:41.600 Dare I say it's because they don't. 1.00

00:26:44.780 They fucking don't. 0.99

00:26:46.180 Okay? 0.99

00:26:46.360 Um, and they also refused to disclose how many foreign students and workers left Canada

00:26:50.780 in recent years.

00:26:52.540 Uh, they asked for the exit data and they refused to get a response or they were, did

00:26:57.920 not receive a response.

00:26:59.380 The refusal comes as Canada continues to deal with the consequences of mass migration, which

00:27:03.640 Finance Canada admitted is causing an unprecedented population surge.

00:27:08.220 I feel like banging my head. 1.00

00:27:09.900 Like, it's just, it's so hard to wrap your head around the actual stupid. 1.00

00:27:15.840 It's got to be malice because the stupid, it can't be stupidity because this is an obvious 1.00

00:27:20.960 consequence of flooding a country with millions of people that don't belong here who are competing 1.00

00:27:28.180 with our teenagers and low skilled workers for the same fucking jobs. 0.99

00:27:32.340 And they're getting those jobs because they're willing to take half. 0.98

00:27:35.460 So I just, I don't know if people, I know everybody's just happy living their life with their home and their Uber Eats and stuff like that. 0.96

00:27:42.840 But like, wake the fuck up. 0.95

00:27:45.260 Like, this is insane.

00:27:47.200 Federal data shows that more than 870,000 newcomers were admitted in the first four months of 2025 alone, including 132,100 new permanent residents, 194,000 study permits, and 491,400 work permits.

00:28:06.520 That's 491,000 jobs that are Canadian teenagers and whatever it could be doing. 0.92

00:28:15.560 What the fuck are we doing here? 0.97

00:28:17.240 What are we doing? 0.99

postyX - September 06, 2025

Maple Syrup & Mayhem #8： Human Trafficking Empire

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