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Immigration Minister Marc Miller remarked that the country has become “quite addicted” to temporary foreign workers. He wasn’t wrong. In recent years, the number of temporary residents overall who come to Canada to work and study had ballooned seemingly unchecked with no apparent overarching strategy or thought about the knock-on strains it would place on housing, health care and education. Canada's population grew by 1.3 million people to total population of 40.7 million in 2023, the highest growth rate since 1957, according to Statistics Canada. Most of that growth -- some 804,901 people --was from temporary immigration. There are 2.7 million temporary residents in Canada, up from 1.4 million just two years ago . . . . CLICK HERE for the full story

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A handful of temporary workers from South Korea have arrived in Windsor to staff up a new Stellantis electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant, according to officials with the Ontario government, raising concerns that massive taxpayer subsidies could be used to employ international auto workers over Canadians ... Questions began swirling, however, after temporary foreign workers from South Korea started arriving in the city with indications that more than a thousand international workers could be landing in Windsor in 2024 ... ... “With the new LGEnergy Solutions battery plant being built, we expect approximately 1,600 South Koreans traveling to work and live in our community in 2024" ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Canadian employers with a good track record will be issued permits that are good for three years to bring in temporary foreign workers without the need to reapply for permission for new positions within the 36-month time frame ... ... experts and advocates are expressing some concerns over the level of scrutiny that will be in place to ensure workers are being treated well, as well as the economic conditions into which Canada will be bringing more temporary workers: a crisis of affordable housing, rising interest rates and high inflation   CLICK HERE to read the full story