Podcast Episode – THE BACKBENCH #89 Canada’s Exploited Foreign Workers Program
Fact Sheet & Media
Author(s): Roach, M. (Host)
Date: 2024
Resource: The Backbench, Canadaland.
Temporary foreign workers are relied upon to fill the gaps in the Canadian labour market.
But the system is convoluted and ripe with exploitation – all at a time when immigrants are being blamed by politicians and the public for the housing crisis.
The system needs an overhaul to protect our economy and the workers that make it tick. Are immigrants really to blame for the housing crisis? What types of immigrants are the feds targeting?
To find out, Mattea Roach asked lawyer Jonathon Braun, author and professor Catherine Connelly and economist Mikal Skuterud
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