The New Brunswick Federation of Labour is calling for the temporary foreign workers programme to be eliminated altogether and not just changed.
Labour Federation President Patrick Colford questions why migrant workers are needed in Atlantic Canada with high rates of unemployment and he doesn’t buy the argument that people here won’t take the jobs being offered.
The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council reports the number of foreign workers who have come to the Atlantic region under the temporary workers programme tripled between 2005 and 2012..
He, along with the Canadian Labour Congress, charge the temporary workers program drives down wages and the migrant workers won’t complain if they’re badly done by because they fear being deported. The C-L-C argues what the economy needs is for people to have more money in their pockets to spend.
