Mulcair Reacts to Harper’s Criticism of Foreign Workers Program

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Presiding over a record increase in the use of temporary foreign labourers in Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper criticized the temporary foreign workers program because of its “blatant” abuses and exploitation. Addressing the members of Vancouver’s ethnic media, Mr. Harper mentioned that “I’m not saying all companies did this … but we have seen very blatant examples of companies using this in ways that were not in the interest of Canadians.”

The sharp condemnation from the Prime Minister was made last week in a concealed meeting, record of which was publicly exposed this week. Consequently, Harper’s denunciation of the temporary foreign worker program sparked a bitter response from Opposition leader, Tom Mulcair, as the NDP were already highlighting similar complaints about the program since quite a while. Mr. Mulcair alleged that “every single time I have raised these exact concerns with the Conservative government, the prime minister denied there were any problems with this program.” He added “and now, during a secret meeting, we see him attempt to adopt NDP positions? If Stephen Harper is going to steal our ideas, he should at least do it in public. And, if he has truly changed his mind on temporary foreign workers, he should apologize to all those who have been hurt by this program.”

Quite noticeably, B.C. business community is among the most aggressive users of the program, which have also resulted in local labour groups and human rights advocates to have often criticized the provincial government for not adequately protecting the rights of those workers.

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