In this episode, we take a deep dive into the surge in temporary foreign workers since the fall of the Harper era. We talk about the history of the temporary foreign worker program, how it came about, and why it's the one that gets all the heat.
00:00:00.000in this case, there's any number of serious-minded economists, whether it's CIBC reports or TV
00:00:06.240reports, and they'll just say, well, look at the stats. Canada's always had, well, not always,
00:00:11.440but ever since the Harper era, there's been sort of a low level of temporary foreign workers coming.
00:00:16.240The temporary foreign worker program was devised as a result of, you had crazy oil booms in Alberta.
00:00:22.960You know, anybody who can, you know, open both eyes and sometimes even not, was able to get a job in the oil sands, you know, starting at $25 an hour.
00:00:34.080So in that situation, you basically like A&Ws and marshals and whatever multi-positions, nobody could find work under any circumstances whatsoever.
00:00:44.380So essentially had them petitioning the federal government to say, well, can we bring in, you know, a student?
00:00:50.220they're here for six months, they make a higher wage,
00:00:52.780they send it home, you know, go back to, you know,
00:00:56.080it's something that's happened in Canada for 400 years.0.96
00:00:58.220You used to bring Scots in, they'd work entry-level