maplesaga‘Empty pit of despair’: Job seeker describes struggle as Canada posts biggest job loss in decades
Ottawa to allow rural employers to increase proportion of temporary foreign workers | CBC News
Ottawa will allow rural employers to have a greater proportion of low-wage temporary foreign workers on their payroll on a time-limited basis, as part of new measures the federal government announced on Friday.
The government says the measures are necessary in parts of the country where businesses are struggling to find the people they need.
“Canadians must always be first in line for available jobs, but in some rural regions employers are facing persistent labour shortages,” said Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu in a statement included in the news release outlining the measures.
We have people, clearly, as our jobless numbers show. People want to work. The woman quoted in the article feels desperate.
So the only other explanation is that they aren’t offering proper compensation.
Could be. On the other hand, I agree with the article.
What Zahra says. I think she’s right. I could be wrong, I don’t have evidence I can use to support my position.