B.C. Premier David Eby is calling for an end to the temporary foreign worker program, saying it is linked to “unacceptably high” levels of youth unemployment.
“The temporary foreign worker program is not working,” Eby said at an unrelated Sept. 4 press conference in Surrey, B.C. “It should be cancelled or significantly reformed.”
Eby’s comments come a few days after the federal Conservative Party called for the abolition of the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program, saying the system is being exploited for cheap labour while youth unemployment remains high.
“Thanks to Premier Eby for joining Conservatives to end the Temporary Foreign Worker Program,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wrote in a Sept. 4 post on X….