Hub Podcasts How Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program harms both Canadian and foreign workers
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Sep 9, 2025 
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, a former immigration critic, shares her insights on Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program. She argues for its abolition, revealing how it suppresses wages and productivity, harming both Canadians and foreign workers. The discussion highlights the exploitation of vulnerable labor forces and the need for reforms that prioritize local employment. Garner stresses the importance of redesigning immigration policies to create a fairer and more inclusive workforce, ensuring that everyone benefits in today's economy.
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Policy Changes Dismantled Safeguards
- Michelle Rempel-Garner says the Trudeau government removed many immigration safeguards, creating distortions across streams.
- She ties policy changes to spikes in asylum claims and an overwhelmed system that lacks enforcement and predictability.
Specific Policy Moves Sparked Claim Surges
- Rempel-Garner recalls the Liberal 'welcome to Canada' tweet and lifting visa rules on Mexico as actions that produced spikes in claims.
- She links those political decisions and a surge in student permits to current program strain and overstays.
TFW Creates A Government-Sanctioned Underclass
- Rempel-Garner argues the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program normalizes a low-paid, temporary underclass and suppresses wages.
- She frames the program as a moral and economic problem that justifies abolition rather than reform.