UNEMPLOYMENT PRESSURE FINALLY MOVES THE TORIES

The Harper Tories have announced that they are going to finally tighten the rules on the temporary foreign worker program. This program has allowed Canadian employers unfettered access to foreign, desperate cheap labour. Cheap is good but for Canadian employers, desperate is even better. There are fewer complaints, fewer sick days, fewer reported injuries and simply fewer headaches. These workers are desperate enough to accept any working and living conditions because they probably still aren't as bad as at home, wherever that might be.

From now on employers must pay a $275 fee for each request to import a foreign worker. Employers can no longer automatically pretend that Spanish speaking is a prerequisite for the job here in Canada. Finally Canadian employers must give the first crack at these jobs to Canadians first. Wow revolutionary! Massive and growing unemployment in Canada was occurring as foreigh workers were being brought in, in record numbers. Essentially our federal government operating on Canadian taxdollars was siphoning that money into the pockets of agricultural and small manufacturing firms by allowing them to discriminate against Canadian citizens in need of jobs. Shameful and oh so Conservative.