Dramatic jump in guest workers (700,000/year) hurts Canadians low-wage earners

I'd go a step further and fuck the working holiday visas off for a while. Not permanently of course... Put it this way, when your credit is in trouble and you enlist the help of a debt management service it helps a person in the long run because in the eyes of the credit agency, they're being proactive about dealing with their financial issues. I don't think Aussie, England, or NZ would really mind all that much if the feds just came out and said, "we can't do this right now and here's why, please understand." Sure there'd be a bit of push-back but so what? It's not going to stop people visiting. Tourism dollars may even increase as a result. Commonwealth gap year kids might just save their money before they come and spend it all instead of being super cheap and saving just to go back home with Canadian money. Yeah I know, I know– In an ideal world.

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