stopDA said:
I rest my case on what I say about Canadians not respecting TFWs. This person is a prime example of people from those hate groups who see us all as sub-human, cheap, disposable objects.
Theres nothing wrong with talking about "importing cheap labour". I'm not sure why you take offense to that term. But you misunderstand Canadians who use that term. It is not meant to be offensive, it is simply describing what is going on in the historical context of Canada.
In the 1980s and 1990s thru free trade agreements like NAFTA hundreds of thousands of Canadian jobs in manufacturing were
exported overseas. Factories were moved to Mexico, China, etc, and hundreds of thousands of middle class Canadians permanently lost access to those jobs. Its complete destroyed an entire sector and an entire way of life. Imagine if 90% of farmers were one day wiped out. That's what happened. It was common at the time to talk about the jobs being
exported overseas. It was an extremely popular move for right-wing conservatives, and extremely contentious move for left-wing parties like the NDP that traditionally support the working class.
The happy-ending was that Canadians were at least left with jobs that could not be
exported. Like farm labour, service industry, etc.
Of course leaving
any jobs for
any Canadians is counter to conservative policy, so in 2006 Harper ramped up the TFW program. He couldn't
export those service jobs, instead he allowed companies to
import cheap foreign labour to fill them. In effect accomplishing the same thing the conservatives "achieved" in the 80s and 90s with factory and manufacturing jobs.
Hopefully that explanation helps you understand why the term is used. The term helps frame the debate in recent Canadian history, especially the history of the conservative party and their treatment of working class Canadians.
