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[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

I don't have an opinion on housing, but that's not how job market works. The final decision to employ an immigrant ultimately comes down the HR & company. Saying that "immigrants took our job" is like loosing an auction and saying "they took your painting"

[-] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yes, but if you facilitate access to foreign workers, let's say with a "temporary foreign worker program", like it is the case in Canada, companies will go after them first because they are cheap labor and are easy to abuse. Meanwhile, there are new graduates who struggle to find jobs.
It does not help canadians and it does not help foreigners. Sure, we can always blame the companies, but the government also has it's part of responsibility by enabling this.

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Okey let's take a look what that program is, citation from Wikipedia :

Workers brought in under the program are referred to as Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) and are allowed to work in positions that are not filled by Canadians. The aim was to address skill shortages

It looks to me that the shortage was the reason why program was initiated. So from the information I have, it looks to me you have it backward.

[-] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

They tried that over here with Brexit. Those darned immigrants stealing our jobs (while also just living off benefits, of course). EU citizens were like, screw this. They left, suddenly farmers were faced with their produce rotting in the fields, because guess what? The Brits don't actually want to do those jobs.

So what do you think happened next? They had to allow special visas to lure immigrants back in.

Meanwhile, the gammons were still raging that immigrants lower wages because they'll work for less pay than UK citizens.

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Yup, I have read about that situation, pretty funny looking at it from outside

[-] escapesamsara@lemmings.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Usually you have a choice in participating in an auction, even get to set your bid.

this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2024
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