Canada‘s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), administered by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Employme and Social Developme Canada (ESDC), allows Canadian employers to hire temporary workers to address labor shortages. Hire foreigners. Over the past five years, the use of this program has increased significaly. The number of permits issued to temporary foreign workers has increased from about 110,000 in 2018 to nearly 240,000 in 2022.
This significa increase in the employme of temporary foreign workers has taken place for various reasons. One of the most importa reasons for this increase is the lack of domestic labor in various sectors of the economy. An analysis of federal data shows that Canadians were not available for the jobs that foreign workers were hired for.
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Sectors such as agriculture, farms and greenhouses have always had the highest demand from this program. But in rece years, the demand for other jobs such as cleaners, cooks and restaura waiters has also increased. This shows that more Canadian employers are ierested in using this program to fill the job positions they need.
However, the program has been criticized by some economists for undermining healthy competition among workers in a market economy. They believe that hiring temporary foreign workers can have negative effects on the economy and lead to the vulnerability of workers.
Overall, the increased use of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program reflects ongoing challenges in securing domestic labor in Canada and highlights the need for careful review and possible reform of the program to strike an appropriate balance between the needs of employers and the protection of workers’ rights.
