{"id":123530,"date":"2025-09-08T20:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/123530\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T20:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:04:09","slug":"nearly-half-of-canadians-support-scrapping-temporary-foreign-workers-program-poll-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/123530\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly half of Canadians support scrapping Temporary Foreign workers program: poll &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy David Baxter<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted September 8, 2025 3:06 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated September 8, 2025 3:23 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A new poll suggests 44 per cent of Canadians want to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/?s=Temporary+Foreign+Workers+program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporary foreign worker program<\/a> scrapped as the country grapples with <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11394548\/canada-jobs-report-august-2025-statistics-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high unemployment<\/a>, especially among y<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11391183\/youth-unemployment-desjardins-canada-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">oung people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11390424\/temporary-foreign-worker-program-pierre-poilievre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently proposed eliminating the program<\/a> in response to high youth unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>The new Abacus Data poll, which was conducted online and can\u2019t be assigned a margin of error, suggests that support for eliminating the program is higher among younger age cohorts, topping 50 per cent of 30- to 44-year-old respondents and hitting 48 per cent of those 18 to 29.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Poilievre calls on Carney to scrap Canada\u2019s temporary foreign worker program'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sequence_06.00_00_00_00.Still001.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4:20<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPoilievre calls on Carney to scrap Canada\u2019s temporary foreign worker program\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11401527\/trump-us-open-cheers-boos-final\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CP174965920.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTrump arrives at US Open to cheers and boos, prompts security delay\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11401382\/banff-wildfire-moose-meadows\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/banff-fire-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFire crews working to extinguish a wildfire just west of Banff townsite\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support for ending the program is highest in the Prairie provinces and lowest in Qu\u00e9bec and Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney last week ruled out scrapping the program, adding that it\u2019s part of a broader immigration policy review.<\/p>\n<p>The polling industry\u2019s professional body, the Canadian Research Insights Council, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Money<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By David Baxter The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2025 3:06 pm Updated September 8, 2025 3:23 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