mead said:
thats not accurate they may be in favour of family class but that doesnt mean they are anti-economic immigration.
Yes, it does.
“The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is broken, and Liberals have been calling on the government to scale back the program and implement significant reforms,” said Mr. McCallum. “Liberals are committed to finding out first-hand how hard-working Canadians have been affected by the abuse of this government program.”
http://www.liberal.ca/liberals-reaching-canadians-temporary-foreign-worker-program/
it must require employers to demonstrate that every effort has been made to fill positions with Canadian workers and young Canadian workers in particular; and finally, the government should tighten the Labour Market Opinion approval process.
“The Liberal Party has repeatedly warned the Conservatives that abuses of this program have been hurting the middle class by driving down wages and displacing Canadian workers,”
http://www.liberal.ca/liberals-propose-reforms-temporary-foreign-worker-program/
The program as it stands has let down both Canadians and those who hope to someday become Canadians.
Liberals believe that the program needs to return to its original purpose: to fill jobs on a limited basis when no Canadian workers can be found.
Here's the problem for those that want to immigrate. They are adding 25,000 refugees. They are doubling the number of parent and grandparent sponsorships. They are adding express entry points for having siblings in Canada. They are raising the age of dependents. They have committed to making it easier for students to qualify under CEC.
Express Entry is a points-based system, and the points determine who gets invited. If family class gets to skip the line, the Express Entry points go up. If LMIAs are impossible to get, then individuals who are unable to qualify any other way are not permitted entry. Every person who makes the cutoff because they have a Canadian sibling means one other person no longer makes the cut. Every international student who gets Permanent Residence is one international worker who does not.
Unless they plan on drastically increasing immigration targets overall (which they have not announced so far), an increase in family class and refugees
is a decrease in economic immigration. Given how many points are given for Canadian work experience, a decrease in TFW is a decrease in economic immigration.
