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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants the federal government to scrap its temporary foreign worker program, saying it has flooded the market with cheap labour and made it harder for young Canadians to find work.
Plan would involve keeping immigration stream for agriculture workers
Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Sep 03, 2025 9:48 AM EDT | Last Updated: 19 minutes ago
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says the federal program for temporary foreign workers is taking jobs away from Canadian youth. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants the federal government to axe the temporary foreign worker program, saying it has flooded the market with cheap labour and made it harder for young Canadians to find work.
“The Liberals have to answer, ‘Why is it that they are shutting our own youth out of jobs and replacing them with low-wage, temporary foreign workers from poor countries who are ultimately being exploited,'” Poilievre said in Mississauga on Wednesday.
The Conservatives say that while they want the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program scrapped, they will create a separate, standalone program for legitimately difficult-to-fill agricultural labour.
“Not long ago, young Canadians could gain vital skills in entry-level jobs, earn enough to pay for school and build a future,” said Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner in a statement. “In return, employers built a skilled domestic workforce. But the Liberals broke that deal.”
Poilievre says the fault doesn’t lie with the temporary foreign workers themselves but with the Liberal government and “liberal corporate elites” who are exploiting these workers to enrich themselves.
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