An employer’s first job is to succeed in business. Without business success, there are no jobs and wages, no economic growth, no new tax revenue for governments.
Ottawa needs to keep this fact in mind as it plans another round of restrictions to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Everyone is aware of the political pressure the government is under, but what’s good politics may not be good policy.
The government should keep in mind the program’s purpose and how it relates to jobs and our economy. It was created to assist with employers’ labour market challenges. And notwithstanding the claim that there’s no skills problem in Canada, employers experience a very different reality.