Kanadas Programm für befristete ausländische Arbeitskräfte ist ein Fehlschlag

> In Canada, the majority of people with undocumented/irregular status came to the country through regular pathways with authorized temporary permits, including international student and work permits, but they overstayed.

> They should be permitted to stay. Canada needs them. The labour market needs them.

> Deportation orders and removals, on the other hand — the only way the federal government can ensure people actually leave — cost the system millions.

> In the 2018-19 fiscal year alone, the Canada Border Services Agency spent on its removal program and successfully removed only 9,500 people, including 2,800 people who were refused entry at the border.

> By that math, if the government aimed to deport 500,000 non-status immigrants, it would cost more than $1 billion.

Bingo. There are massive labour shortages in several critical industries that these foreign workers are filling. It makes no sense at all to get rid of them via costly deportation.

The only logical step is to create a pathway that leads to citizenship for these workers.

Never thought I’d see myself agreeing with a Tyhee article, and as my flair implies, I actually read the articles…

And I still don’t find myself agreeing with them.

Catchy headline, bad journalism.