This program has been front and centre in the media for a while now, here in Alberta, anyway. There always seems to be a shortage of workers for the service industry. Apparently, we have 70,000 foreign workers Alberta wide. That's a lot of temporary people from other countries, when certain areas of our own country have many unemployed people.
I think we should "import" our own from other provinces before we bring in others from different countries. I'd be willing to bet many of these employers haven't even tried recruiting from areas of Canada where unemployment rates are high. We lived in an Eastern province, with higher unemployment rates. Never once saw an advertisement workers were needed in the service industry in other provinces while we were there. I understand (could be wrong) that recruited Canadians are required to pay their own way here, find affordable housing, etc. These things are done for TFW's. How is this fair?
This is why so many Canadians are against the program. It isn't about race. Not even the language barrier (although this can be annoying, it isn't the end of the world). Or the different religious beliefs brought into our country (unless, of course, you expect us to change the fabric of Canada's traditions for them). After all, many of us stem from immigrants, as well. It's about unfair treatment.
I constantly hear how Alberta employers have exhausted their resources locally and choose to pursue TFW. Locally shouldn't be good enough. If country-wide resources have been exhausted, that's when TFW should be utilized. Not before. Plain and simple. Let's look after our own.
I'm tired of our country helping other countries without being willing to help our own. Time to change that.
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